Trail exhibit. MK cave hideout just outside Pretoria in Ga Rankuwa. The MK cell under the command of George Molebatsi lived in the cave for more than a month before the trio went into Watloo and by default ended up in the Silverton Siege trial.
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MK hideout in Ga Rankuwa. Silverton and Soekmekaar trial, 1980
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South African History Online. (2011, July 19). MK hideout in Ga Rankuwa. Silverton and Soekmekaar trial, 1980. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0066311
South African History Online (2011) 'MK hideout in Ga Rankuwa. Silverton and Soekmekaar trial, 1980', South African History Online, 19 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0066311 (Accessed: 6 September 2026).
South African History Online, MK hideout in Ga Rankuwa. Silverton and Soekmekaar trial, 1980 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0066311, (accessed 6 September 2026).
"MK hideout in Ga Rankuwa. Silverton and Soekmekaar trial, 1980." South African History Online, 19 July 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0066311. Accessed 6 Sept. 2026.
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