MNCWABE, Albert

Age 50

Description
A member of MAWU and a UDF supporter who was injured when members of the SAP fired teargas into the bus in which he was travelling to a union meeting at Edendale, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritzburg, in July 1985. Police stopped the bus, sprayed teargas and assaulted the passengers as they were trying to disembark. The incident occurred at the time of the Sarmcol strike. See Sarmcol strike.