Vernon Nkadimeng
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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. Gaboron ...
,
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) 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
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, the armed wing of the ANC and soon rose up through the military structures of the MK. He traveled to
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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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