African National Congress (ANC) Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, Mr Reggie Hadebe, was gunned down in an ambush on the Richmond-Ixopo road. Radebe was travelling with other prominent ANC members, Mr Shakes Cele and Mr John Jeffries, a lawyer. They were returning from an aborted peace meeting, which was scheduled to take place in the Ixopo area.
27 October 1992
Reggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down
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- 30 Sep 2019

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- 01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998).
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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Reggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013057
South African History Online (2011) 'Reggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013057 (Accessed: 11 November 2026).
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"Reggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013057. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Reggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013057.
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