1981 in South Africa - Deaths

Deaths

  • 11 August – Sizwe Khondile, a student activist is killed at Komatipoort by the Vlakplaas counter-insurgency unit
  • November – Durban lawyer Griffiths Mxenge is killed by the Vlakplaas counter-insurgency unit

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