THESE ARE THE INCIDENTS THAT WE KNOW TOOK PLACE
This is a city by city breakdown of where and when bombs went off or other actions took place. It is not a complete list. Explosions may have taken place in other locations on these dates. The names of witnesses below are taken from newspaper clippings from the time. Many others will have seen them.
CAPE TOWN
• November 1969:
• Locations:
o Adderly Street “non-white” entrance to station
o Outside Standard Bank in Adderly St
Seen by:
o Ex-rhodesian police officer at Station
• August 1970:
• Locations:
o Grand parade near fruit stalls (along with tape recorder) in dustbin near Edward VII statue
o Failed to explode at Greenmarket square
o Failed in Adderly st
• F. Petersen, council sweeper, found unexploded bomb in Greenmarket Square Cape Town
• August 1971:
• Locations:
o “non-white” railway station
o Castle st. bus rank near Grand Parade
o Plein St. Post office
DURBAN
• June 1968
• Locations
o Commercial Road (leaflets plus banner)
• November 1969:
• Locations:
o Ford House in Strand Street
Seen by:
o Three women on the ninth floor of Ford House in Strand St, Durban, interviewed by Beeld and Cape Times.
• August 1970:
• Locations:
o a ‘large batch’ discovered (preemptively) near Alhambra theatre
o Church street near post office
o Victoria street
o Pine street (along with tape recorder)
Seen by:
• Dereck Braby, Natal Mercury photographer, Durban
• August 1971:
• Locations:
o Lower end of Victoria Street
o Plein street did not explode
JOHANNESBURG
• November 1969:
• Locations:
o West Gate Station
Seen by:
• Sam Modikoe – newspaper seller at Westgate Station in Johannesburg, on top of whose kiosk the tape deck was found.
• August 1970:
• Locations:
o Great Hall, Wits university
o Pritchard and Diagonal street (near the Star, in the ‘Indian fruiterers’ area
o Batch tossed from lorry in Pritchard street
o Mooi st near Rand Daily Mail offices
o Park station “non-white” entrance
o Van Brandis parking garage
o Faraday station
Seen by:
• Sergeant PM Steyn (white policeman) at Rand Daily Mail Mooi Street Johannesburg
• Mr. Joseph Sibiya, 55, messenger at Rand Daily Mail Mooi Street Johannesburg
• Mr. Simon Ntatene, night watchman at Rand Daily Mail Mooi Street Johannesburg
• Mr. Viviers, (probably white) deputy news editor, at Rand Daily Mail Mooi Street Johannesburg
• Capt JC Traut, white policeman at Wits university
• Unidentified white student in photo Sunday express back page
• Miss Nicolai Mtshali, 30, fruit vendor, Faraday Station Johannesburg.
• Mr. Samuel Nkosi, Joburg City Council night watchman, Faraday Station
JOHANNESBURG
• August 1971:
• Locations:
o Faraday station West street
o Wanderers st corner De Villiers
o King George st
o Park station concourse
o Market and Polly st
o Usher and Village st
• Madeleine Otto, white proofreader at The Star, Wanderers St Johannesburg
PORT ELIZABETH
• November 1969:
• Locations:
o Pinchin Rd (“main bus stop”)
o Strand St.
• August 1970:
• Locations:
o Dustbin full of propaganda discovered near “non-white” bus terminus
• August 1971:
• Locations:
o Mayors’ Garden near city hall
o Hotel at the bottom of Russel Street near city terminus
o Balcony of Ford house, Main road
o “in the vicinity of a car factory”
Seen by:
• Martin Blignaut (almost certainly white), Mayors’ Garden Port Elizabeth