Vernon Nkadimeng (25 June 1958 in
Alexandra – 21 May 1985 in
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
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Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
) was a member of the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
who was killed while in exile in Botswana by the
apartheid secret police.
Life
He fled South Africa following the
1976 Soweto uprising at the age of 18. He entered the
Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) in
Angola
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, the armed wing of the ANC and soon rose up through the military structures of the MK. He traveled to
Czechoslovakia
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with the MK, where he received specialist military training. On 21 May 1985, Nkadimeng was killed by a car bomb placed by the apartheid police.
References
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1958 births
1984 deaths
People from Alexandra, Gauteng
Assassinated South African activists
Assassinated South African people
South African people murdered abroad
People murdered in Botswana
Members of the African National Congress
Deaths by car bomb
Assassinated South African politicians
South African exiles
South African expatriates in Botswana
1980s murders in Botswana
1984 crimes in Botswana
1984 murders in Africa