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14 February 1981

Samora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa

Samora Machel, Source: AP

Samora Machel, Source: AP

Updated
14 Feb 2020
Samora Machel, Source: AP

Samora Machel, Source: AP

President Samora Machel of Mozambique pledged solidarity with the South African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January 1981, where more than 14 uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) cadres were killed. Machel, together with the African National Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo was addressing mourners at the funeral of the victims of the Matola raid in Mozambique killed by South African security forces. The victims were Lancelot Hadebe, Mandla Daka, Daniel Molokisi, Steven Ngcobo, Vusumzi Ngwema, Thabang Bookolane, Krishna Rabilal, Themba Dimba, Motso Mokgabudi, Collin Khumalo, Levinson Mankankaza, Albert Mahutso, Mduduzi Guma, William Khanyile and Vuyani Mavuso. Mavuso was kidnapped during the raid, and was later executed when he refused to cooperate with apartheid security agencies and betray his comrades.

How we know this

  1. 01O’Malley, P. ‘1981’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 09 January 2013)
  2. 02South African History Online, ‘Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 09 January 2013)

Last updated · 14 Feb 2020

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South African History Online. (2013, February 7). Samora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094822

South African History Online (2013) 'Samora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa', South African History Online, 7 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094822 (Accessed: 7 November 2026).

South African History Online, Samora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094822, (accessed 7 November 2026).

"Samora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa." South African History Online, 7 Feb. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094822. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Samora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa." South African History Online. February 7, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094822.

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