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MTHEMBU, Boxer Joseph

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Was one of four MK operatives killed in an ambush by Security Branch operatives near Piet Retief, Transvaal, on 12 June 1988. See Piet Retief ambushes. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander of Eastern Transvaal and of Vlakplaas, were granted amnesty (AC/2001/273).

Shortly afterward police again set up a roadblock on this road and this vehicle was also stopped. The driver of the vehicle opened fire with a Russian manufactured pistol. Police returned the fire and the driver and passengers died in a hail of bullets. // According to the official records they ...
 
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