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.
eventREF E-0092674Revised
20 October 1994
President Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 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
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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
South African History Online (2012) 'President Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092674 (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
South African History Online, President Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092674, (accessed 15 October 2026).
"President Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092674. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
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.
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