SIBIYA, Mandla Shadrack

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Was one of the ten activists from Mamelodi, Pretoria, recruited during the state of emergency by a named askari for ANC military training in Botswana. Near Nietverdiend, the youths were forcibly injected with sedatives or some other chemical substance and were burnt to death when the vehicle was deliberately crashed and exploded during June 1986. The members of the Security Police involved were congratulated for good service and rewarded. They have applied for amnesty. See Nietverdiend ambush.