1993 hari a Mthatha

1993 hari a Mthatha

A ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 1993, Mzwandile Mfeya (shekaru 12), Sandiso Yose (shekaru 12), tagwaye Samora da Sadat Mpendulo (shekaru 16) da Thando Mtembu (shekaru 17) an harbe su a wani hari da sojojin Afirka ta Kudu (SADF) suka kai a wani hari da ake zargin kungiyar 'yan tawayen Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) ta MAPLA. unguwar Mthatha. Gidan na wani dan PAC ne Sigqibo Mpundulo, mahaifin Samora da Sadat. A cewar PAC da majiyoyin ‘yan sanda a Transkei, an kashe mutanen biyar ne a cikin gadajensu. Shugaba F.W. de Klerk ne ya ba da izinin kai harin.

Fage

A farkon shekarun 1990, APLA ta kai jerin hare-hare kan fararen hula daga sansanonin aiki a Transkei. Ayyuka a Yammacin Cape suna da alaƙa mai ƙarfi musamman ga tsarin APLA a cikin Transkei. An kuma samo makamai daga wasu jami'an tsaro na Transkei. Misali, kwamitin afuwa ya ji cewa gurneti da aka yi amfani da su a harin St James' da Heidelberg sun samo asali ne daga wani bama-bamai da aka kai wa rundunar tsaron Transkei. Transkei ya kuma ba da mafaka ga ma'aikatan APLA bayan an yi aiki. A mafi yawan lokuta ma'aikatan APLA ne daga Transkei da aka tura don aiwatar da hare-hare, tare da masu horarwa na cikin gida. Tsarin PAC na gida ya ba da tallafin kayan aiki ga ma'aikatan.

A cikin Maris 1993, APLA ta yi wa Jami'ar Transkei fashi a Mthatha. An kashe dan sanda guda, an jikkata wasu biyu, an kuma sace R500,000. 'Yan APLA sun harbe wani memba na SAP tare da raunata mai tsanani a wani shingen hanya a Botshabelo, kusa da Bloemfontein, a cikin Yuli 1993. A ranar 26 ga Yuli 1993 mambobin APLA sun bude wuta a wata ikilisiya a St James Church a Kenilworth, a Cape Town, inda suka kashe mutane 11 tare da raunata wasu 50. Dukkan wadannan hare-hare na da alaka da sansanoni a yankin Transkei. Janar George Meiring, babban hafsan soji a lokacin da aka kai harin, ya ce a wani bincike na sashe na 29 na binciken cewa an kaddamar da hare-haren APLA sama da 50 a kan iyakar Transkei a tsakanin watan Oktoban 1993 da kuma rawar da Transkei ke takawa wajen samar da mafaka ga babban kwamandan APLA da jami'an APLA, da kuma bayar da horon soji.

A cewar 1997 TRC Final Report a kan 1993 Mthatha Raid, "Kwamitin Tsaro na Jihohi (SSC) ya tattauna game da karuwar sansanonin da hare-haren APLA da suka samo asali daga Transkei a watan Agusta 1993. A watan Satumba, SADF ta sami bayanai daga SAP game da amfani da mazaunin Mpendulo a matsayin APLA makamai makaman da kuma tushe daga abin da aka kaddamar da hare-haren na Eastern 1 na yammacin Cape. Jami'an tsaron sun zauna a gidan, Janar Meiring ya nuna cewa ya dogara ne da daraktan ayyuka na lokacin Brigadier Castleman, da kuma wani babban jami'in leken asiri, Kanar Gibson don shirin kai farmakin a gidan na Mpundulo, tare da amincewar minista Kobie Coetsee, an kaddamar da aikin binciken sojoji a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 1993, amma jami'an leken asiri na SAP sun tabbatar da cewa. Hakika an adana shi a wurin, aikin leken asirin ya ja baya da misalin karfe 20:00 na ranar 7 ga Oktoba, sa'o'i bayan da aka ba da izini "don gudanar da iyakacin yajin aiki a gidan" don "saukar da manufa".

Wannan izini ya fito ne daga taron SSC wanda ya samu halartar, ministocin Kriel, Coetsee, Pik Botha da kuma shugaban Jiha F.W. de Klerk. Da yake bayyana irin rawar da ya taka wajen ba da izinin kai farmakin, F.W. de Klerk ya ce a cikin littafin tarihin rayuwarsa The Last Trek--Sabuwar Farko: Tarihin Rayuwa cewa mashawartansa (masu ba da labari na 'yan sanda biyu suka ba shi shawara) sun sanar da shi cewa gidan na Mpundulo ya kasance sansanin 'yan ta'addar APLA. De Klerk bai yi magana da shugaban kasa na lokacin a Transkei, Bantu Holomisa ba, saboda yana jin Holomisa, ya fuskanci sabon bayanin, zai sami hanyar da za a kwashe masu ba da izini na APLA zuwa wuri mai aminci. “Saboda haka na ba wa rundunar tsaro izinin kai samame gidan, amma na ba da shawarar cewa a yi amfani da mafi karancin karfi, sannan a kula don gujewa munanan raunuka da kuma jikkata.”

The Raid

Rundunar 45 ta Parachute Brigade ce ta gudanar da yajin aikin a karkashin jagorancin Kanar Hannes Venter. A cewar Meiring, an kai harin ne da karfe 02:00. Lokacin da rundunar ta kai hari gidan, gidan ya yi duhu. An buda kofa kuma saboda dalilai na tsaro ba su kunna fitulun ba amma sun yi amfani da fitilun fitulu. An shirya su nemo mutane kusan 12. A gaskiya mutane biyar ne kawai a gidan kuma an kashe su duka saboda "bayan" makamai. Takardun ‘yan sandan ya nuna cewa an samu harsashi 78 da majiyoyi 26 a gidan. An harbe hudu daga cikin biyar a ka.