MTSHWENI, Congress

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A member of COSAS who was killed when a booby-trapped limpet mine exploded in his hands on 25/26 June 1985, in Duduza, Transvaal. The limpet mine had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative, who had also provided other COSAS members with booby-trapped hand-grenades. See Operation Zero Zero. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/058).