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… escape, they took refuge in a branch of Volkskas Bank in Silverton, Pretoria. They held 25 civilians in the bank … and many others were wounded in the shootout. The Six Hour Siege Sequence of events as reported by the media 12.00 – … into a corner cubicle. 1:30 – 06:00: As the focus of the siege is on the ground floor, bank staff on the upper floor …

… Verdict Protests The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests … the three men’s death sentences. ANC’s Reactions to the Siege The Silverton Siege was one of the most dramatic and violent … Reactions to Silverton Siege 1980 …

… Silverton Siege 1980 …

… consists of Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege … Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege …

… ”Silverton Siege”, Pretoria News. 27 November, 1980. …

… ”Silverton Siege”, Pretoria News. 21 November, 1980. …

… ”Silverton Siege: ‘bank not target’”, Pretoria News. 18 April, 1991 …

… most highly publicised South African guerrilla trials, the Silverton and Soekmekaar trial. The charges brought against the accused were in connection with: the Silverton Bank Siege; alleged plans to attack the Port Natal Administration … Silverton and Soekmekaar trial …

… of MK guerillas, shot by apartheid police during the 1980 siege of Silverton ; of militant youths carrying coffins draped in the …

… mounted a series of attacks inside South Africa. The Silverton Siege occurred in January 1980, during an attack carried out … and Wonderboom were charged in what became known as the Silverton Trial, and were sentenced to between 10 and 20 …

… At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young Black men, Noimbithi … six others were given prison sentences. The Soekmekaar and Silverton trial followed an attack on the Soekmekaar police station on 4 January, 1980 and the Silverton Bank siege on January 25, 1980, in which two civilian women and …

… for his role in an attack in Johannesburg in 1977 and the Silverton Trio, killed by a police sniper during a siege of the Volkskas Bank in Pretoria. Youth Day is …

… and Naphtali Manana are later arrested. 25 January, The Silverton siege takes place. MK combatants are intercepted en route to a mission and take refuge in a bank in Silverton, Pretoria. The MK combatants explain the policies …

… targets were selected in Johannesburg and Soweto. The Silverton Siege in January 1980 was carried out by MK cadres who came …

… way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were … two civilians. This incident becomes known as the Silverton Siege . June, The African National Congress (ANC) publicly …

… way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were … two civilians. This incident becomes known as the Silverton Siege . 21 February, South Africa warns Mozambique it will …

… was an attack directed against civilians - the `Silverton Siege' in January 1980, in which three MK combatants took … The vulnerability of the three combatants involved in the Silverton seige resulted at least partly from the enforced …

… January, In January three guerrillas were shot dead in a siege at the Volkskas bank in Pretoria. Two hostages were … 25 January, A bank and twenty-five hostages are seized at Silverton, Pretoria. Two of the hostages die; several are … 1977. 1980 26 November, At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young black men are found …

… forces led by Michael Manley in Jamaica and has laid siege to Nicaragua. At the same time, it is actively involved … who died in the front line, such as those who fell in Silverton, vilified by the enemy as terrorists, were buried …

… forces led by Michael Manley in Jamaica and has laid siege to Nicaragua. At the same time, it is actively involved … who died in the front line, such as those who fell in Silverton, vilified by the enemy as terrorists, were buried …