Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3227DC34
    Site Name
    Site of 15 July 1986 Skirmish with SAP, Mdantsane
    Historical/alternative Site Name
    15 July 1986 Skirmish with SAP: Mdantsane After a two-hour gun battle SAP kill one cadre
    Descriptions
    Site History

    The gun battle took place on 15 July 1986. The ANC cadre is not named in the media but is described as staying in a house in Zone 14 for a month before the shootout, and had been a student at the University of Transkei and had come to Mdantsane during the boycott of lectures. Ciskei police surrounded at about 10:30 the house and he defended himself for nearly two hours until overcome. Ciskei police claimed to have recovered and AK-47 and 4 empty magazines.

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    joshua.slingers
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
      Location
      Location
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      -32.9498907, 27.6980287
      Eastern Cape
      • Buffalo City
      Site Address

      South Africa

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