South African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo

Date: 23 May 1983
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Following an African National Congress's 20 May 1983 car bombing of headquarters of the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, ANC bases in a suburb of Maputo, Mozambique's capital city, were bombed in retaliation on 23 May 1983. This action boosted the apartheid government's destabilisation of neighbouring African countries and repression campaign against liberation organisations.

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01African history This Day in African History: 23 May [online] Available at: https://africanhistory.about.com [Accessed on 23 May 2013]
02ANC Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys [online] Available at: www.anc.org.za [Accessed on 23 May 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). South African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012520

South African History Online (2011) 'South African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012520 (Accessed: 31 August 2026).

South African History Online, South African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012520, (accessed 31 August 2026).

"South African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012520. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "South African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012520.