LAWRENCE, Edward (aka ‘Fear’, ‘Ralph Mgcina’ and ‘Cyril Raymonds’)

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An MK operative who survived an attack on a house in Manzini, Swaziland by a joint Vlakplaas and Eastern Transvaal Security Branch team on 22 November 1983. Mr Lawrence was later held in ANC custody on suspicion of being an informer, and subsequently died. The Security Branch denied that he had been an informer. One member from Security Branch Headquarters, responsible for authorising the attack, and four Eastern Transvaal and three Vlakplaas operatives were granted amnesty for the Manzini incident (AC/2000/086 and AC/1999/031).