NHLAPO, Fanyana

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A COSAS member who was killed in an entrapment operation in Kagiso, Transvaal, on 15 February 1982. An askari purporting to be an MK operative offered to train him and three other COSAS members in the use of hand grenades. Once inside the venue (the pumphouse of an abandoned mine), explosives were detonated, killing three. Five Security Branch operatives from Vlakplaas , Security Branch Head-quarters, the Eastern Transvaal and Soweto Security Branches, including the commander of Vlakplaas and his commanding officer, were refused amnesty by majority decision (AC/2001/198).