Sifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins

Date: 23 Jan 1999
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Sifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins

Sifiso Nkabinde, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general of the recently formed United Democratic Movement, was shot dead outside Bridgeway Supermarket in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal. He was a self admitted 'warlord' terrorising the Richmond area. His death triggered the murder of eleven members of the rival ANC by gunmen linked to Kabinde on the same day.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Sifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013419

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South African History Online. "Sifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013419.