President Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants

Date: 20 Oct 1994
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The newly elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela warned disgruntled former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) combatants, who took leave without permission while being integrated into the new South African army. Mandela told the former MK members that they have to adhere to military discipline or face the consequences of their actions.

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01O’Malley, P. ‘1994’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 26 September 2013)
02Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, (Westport: Greenwood) p. 533

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South African History Online. (2012, August 27). President Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092674

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South African History Online. "President Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092674.