Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide with Republic Day. Nobody is killed in the attacks and the only casualty is a security guard at Sasol I who receives injuries. David Motshwane Moisi and Sipho Matthews Thobela were later granted amnesty in respect of the attack on Sasol 2 by the TRC.
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Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide
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South African History Online. (2012, May 25). Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084031
South African History Online (2012) 'Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide', South African History Online, 25 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084031 (Accessed: 10 September 2026).
South African History Online, Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084031, (accessed 10 September 2026).
"Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide." South African History Online, 25 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084031. Accessed 10 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide." South African History Online. May 25, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084031.
Further reading
Timetable for Sasol's day of destruction, The Star, 4 June 1980
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