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1
Juni
1980

MK attacks the SASOL and NATREF refineries

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Organisatiegeschiedenis 📅 1 Juni 1980 📍 Zuid-Afrika

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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Umkhonto we Sizwe

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African National Congress