SADF Gaborone raid kills 4

Date: 4 Apr 1988
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

In what was believed to be a raid on African National Congress (ANC) members who were in hiding in Gaborone, Botswana, the South Africa Defence Force (SADF) killed four innocent people.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SADF Gaborone raid kills 4. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012738

South African History Online (2011) 'SADF Gaborone raid kills 4', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012738 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).

South African History Online, SADF Gaborone raid kills 4 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012738, (accessed 26 July 2026).

"SADF Gaborone raid kills 4." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012738. Accessed 26 July 2026.

South African History Online. "SADF Gaborone raid kills 4." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012738.