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ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban

Date
13 Aug 1970
Updated
30 Sep 2019
ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban

On 13 August 1970, pamphlet bombs which scattered revolutionary African National Congress (ANC) propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town and in Johannesburg.  Similar occurrences were also reported in Durban and Port Elizabeth. In Port Elizabeth, a dustbin filled with ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets was found by a member of the public. At the Grand Parade, Cape Town, an explosion sent hundreds of ANC pamphlets into the air during rush-hour.  Amid these explosions, a tape recorder with ANC slogans was found by security police at the Parade. In Johannesburg, pamphlets were discovered outside the Rand Daily Mail building. During an interview with Cape Times Police Commissioner General J.P. Gous, said that “it is almost certain Whites are behind the series of pamphlet-bomb explosions that distributed ANC propaganda in several major South African centres last week.”

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  1. 01The Cape Times, (14 August, 1970), ‘Pamphlet bombs in City, Rand and Durban’ [Available at the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus] pg1.
  2. 02Ashata Shakur Forums, Spear of the Nation! [Online] Available at www.assatashakur.org [Accessed: 18 July 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, August 3). ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067461

South African History Online (2011) 'ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban', South African History Online, 3 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067461 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067461, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban." South African History Online, 3 Aug. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067461. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban." South African History Online. August 3, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067461.

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