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Clarence Lucky Payi

First name
Clarence
Middle name
Lucky
Last name
Payi
Date of death
9 September 1986
Location of death
Pretoria Central Prison
Clarence Lucky Payi was hanged on 9 September 1986, along with Sipho Xulu and Andrew Zondo at Pretoria Central Prison. In 1984, Payi and Xulu, acted on the orders of a rogue MK commander, assassinated ANC underground operative Ben Langa (the brother of Pius Langa) on false allegations that he was a police informer.

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