Anton Fransch

Anton 'Gamka' Fransch (c. 1969 – 17 November 1989), nom de guerre Mahomad,^[1] was a commander in uMkhonto we Sizwe.^[2] He was killed on 17 November 1989 in Cape Town by members of the South African Police and the South African Defence Force for his anti-apartheid activities, after a seven-hour siege in which he used hand-grenades and a machine gun.^[3][4]

Cultural references

Fransch is the subject of The Funeral of Anton Fransch, a poem by Tatamkhulu Afrika,^[5] and the 2003 film Deafening Echoes, directed by Eugene Paramoer.^[3]