A prominent White South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo. The ANC and Mozambique Government blamed South Africa for the attack, which subsequently was covered in the Truth and Reconciliation hearings.
eventREF E-0012739Revised
7 April 1988
South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo
- Updated
- 6 Apr 2020
How we know this
- 01Battersby, J.D., White Foe of Pretoria Injured by a Car Bomb in Mozambique, from The New York Times, [online], Available at www.nytimes.com [Accessed: 02 April 2014]
- 02O'Malley, P., '1988', from Nelson Mandels Centre for Memory, [online], Available at www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 02 April 2014]
Last updated · 6 Apr 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012739
South African History Online (2011) 'South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012739 (Accessed: 26 October 2026).
South African History Online, South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012739, (accessed 26 October 2026).
"South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012739. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012739.
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