VILAKAZI, Mazwi

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Description
An MK operative who was abducted with two other operatives in Phoenix, Durban, on 18 November 1988 by Port Natal Security Branch operatives. They were taken to a railway line in Phoenix, told to kneel down and shot dead. Their hands were placed on a limpet mine which was then detonated to create the impression that they had blown themselves up. Five Port Natal Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, were granted amnesty (AC/2001/112).

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Episode 39 | Watch the Episode

Natal Security Branch members applying for amnesty. Natal Security Branch members also applied for amnesty for the killing of Sibusiso Ndlovu, Mazwi Vilakazi and Vusi Mtshali - three student activists who were executed and blown to pieces at the Phoenix Railway Station on 18 November 1988. The ...

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Transcript of episode 39, section 3, starting at: 06:57

... and what really happened that night. The dead youth were all from KwaMashu township. Sibusiso Ndlovu, a standard ten correspondence student; Mazwi Vilakazi, a matric pupil; and Vusi Mtshali, a first year law student at the University of Durban-Westville. The first notification of the bomb blast ...

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Transcript of episode 39, section 3, starting at: 09:22

Mazwi Vilakazi lived with the Mtshali family. Mazwi’s remains were so intermingled with the tissues of the other two that they could not be separated. His head was never found. Sibusiso Ndlovu was better off. He had also disintegrated, but both his legs remained. One was 64 meters away from the ...

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Transcript of episode 45, section 4, starting at: 14:51

... Swimmers’ here at Phoenix Railway Station. The dead were all KwaMashu student activists. Their names were Vusi Mtshali, Sibusiso Ndlovu and Mazwi Vilakazi. But the MK unit had another member. This is a story of Naye Ngema, the one who got away. // Definitely I was going to be one of those ...

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Transcript of episode 39, section 3, starting at: 06:15

We stay in KwaZulu-Natal for our next report and the names Andy Taylor and Hentie Botha come up again. In 1988 police said three terrorists had accidentally blown themselves up at the Phoenix Railway Station. No names were given. The police simply said they were terrorists. Tonight we can tell you ...

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