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GONIWE, Matthew
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Description A UDF activist who was one of the Cradock Four abducted by the Eastern Cape Security Branch while travelling to Cradock, on 27 June 1985. He was stabbed near Port Elizabeth, after which his body was burnt. Six Eastern Cape Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, were refused amnesty for the killings. The commander of Vlakplaas was granted amnesty for his knowledge of the incident (AC/1999/0350).
... weapon in South Africa. // ‘It was consistent with the patterns of the past. Scores of assassinations remain unsolved. Richard Turner, Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto, David Webster, Ruth First and Dulcie September are but a ...
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