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MEJANA, Thembile

Age 29

Description
An ANC member who was shot dead on 10 June 1988 allegedly by UNITA forces when he was transporting food between ANC camps in Angola. MK soldiers based in Angola assisted the FAPLA forces of the ruling MPLA government in its war against UNITA, which was assisted by the South African government. 1987-8 saw particularly fierce fighting, in which a number of MK soldiers were killed in combat, often in ambushes laid by UNITA.

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