Amanzimtoti bombing

The Amanzimtoti bombing took place on 23 December 1985 when five civilians were killed and 40 were injured when Andrew Sibusiso Zondo, a member of uMkhonto we Sizwe, detonated an explosive in a rubbish bin at a shopping centre.

Amanzimtoti bombing
Part of the history of Apartheid
Amanzimtoti Amanzimtoti (South Africa)
Location	Amanzimtoti, Natal Province
Date	23 December 1985
Deaths	5
Injured	40
Perpetrators	Andrew Sibusiso Zondo member of the ANC's Umkhonto we Sizwe

Mugshot of Andrew Zondo

Bombing

In the 1985 Amanzimtoti bombing on the Natal South Coast, five civilians were killed and 40 were injured when MK cadre Andrew Sibusiso Zondo detonated an explosive in a rubbish bin at a shopping centre shortly before Christmas.^[1] In a submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the ANC stated that Zondo's act, though "understandable" as a response to a recent South African Defence Force raid in Lesotho, was not in line with ANC policy. Zondo was subsequently executed.^[2]

See also

• List of massacres in South Africa