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KLOPPER, L

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Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen injured. The overall commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). See Church Street Bombing, Pretoria.

The Amnesty Committee had to ascertain why Motasi was murdered. It could have been one of two reasons, either he became an informer for the ANC and the Zimbabwean police as the security police alleged or he became a nuisance when he claimed R10 000 damages after the 1984 assault.
According to Klopper he was feeding sensitive information to the Zimbabwean security forces and this information led to the fact that reporters and informants were exposed in Zimbabwe. // I would also like to add that it was not said to me that it was a conclusion that this person was an ANC agent. ...
 
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