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There have been many individuals throughout history who served as head of state or head of government (such as president, prime minister or monarch) of their nation states and later became prisoners. Any serving or former head who was placed under house arrest , overthrown in a coup or became a prisoner of war are also included.
Botha resigned on 14 August 1989, and de Klerk was named acting State President of South Africa until 20 September, when he was elected to a full five-year term as State President. [21] After he became acting State President, ANC leaders spoke out against him, believing that he would be no different from his predecessors; [ 21 ] he was widely ...
De Klerk was sworn in as acting state president on 14 August 1989 and the following month was nominated by the electoral college to succeed Botha in a five-year term as state president. [33] De Klerk soon announced the removal of legislation against anti-apartheid groups – including the African National Congress – and the release of Nelson ...
Heloise Ruth First OLG (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. She was assassinated in Mozambique, where she was working in exile, by a parcel bomb built by South African police.
Craig Michael Williamson (born 1949), is a former officer in the South African Police, who was exposed as a spy and assassin for the Security Branch in 1980. Williamson was involved in a series of events involving state-sponsored terrorism. This included overseas bombings, burglaries, kidnappings, assassinations and propaganda during the ...
Eugene Alexander de Kock (born 29 January 1949) is a former South African Police colonel, torturer, and assassin, active under the apartheid government.Nicknamed "Prime Evil" [1] [2] [3] by the press, De Kock was the commanding officer of C10, a counterinsurgency unit of the SAP that kidnapped, tortured, and murdered numerous accused terrorists from the 1980s to the early 1990s.
27 – Over 200 people are arrested for marching through Cape Town to Pollsmoor Prison protesting for the release of Nelson Mandela, including two clerics who led the march, Beyers Naudé and Allan Boesak. A Limpet mine destroys a police vehicle in Mamelodi. Two guerrillas are killed and one captured in the Eastern Transvaal.
Target Position Date City Country Vuyisile Mini [1]: Umkhonto we Sizwe activist : 6 November 1964 Pretoria South Africa Frederick John Harris [2]: African Resistance Movement activist