Teams linked to Umkhonto we Sizwe attacked SASOL I, NATREF and SASOL II during the night of 31 May to 1 June, timed to coincide with Republic Day. The operation damaged fuel infrastructure and demonstrated MK’s growing capacity to strike strategic economic targets from within South Africa. The target selection and military strategy were part of a wider debate about armed resistance under a state that had banned peaceful opposition.
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