At exactly 16:30 on Friday afternoon May 20, 1983 a powerful motorcar bomb exploded outside the SAAF Head Office on Church Street, Pretoria. The bomb was planted by Aboobaker Ismail of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC. The fact that the bomb was set to go off during peak hours in the centre of the city leaves no doubt that the ANC was not at all concerned about the safety of civilians.
19 People died and 217 wounded.
On Wednesday May 20, 2015 Front National, along with other organisations and friends, will be commemorating this sad day. We invite friends and fellow South Africans to commemorate with us. The function starts at 10:00 outside the Poynton Building on Church Street (now known as WF Nkomo Street, between Sophie du Bryun and Bosman Street off Church Square) in Pretoria.
Program:
10:00 Opening and welcoming – Prayer
10:10 Survivors and next of kin share their memories
10:25 Sunette Bridges
10:30 Henk vd Graaff
10:35 Steve Hofmeyr
10:40 Acknowledgements: Front National
10:50 Minute of Silence
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Wreath-laying
Closing of ceremony with The Call of South Africa
All organisations and individuals are invited to take part and lay a wreath. Please contact Wessel Basson at 082 655 5395 before 16 May to make arrangements and to confirm. Please provide own refreshment and where possible, own portable chairs.
Herdenking: Kerkstraatbom / Commemoration: Church Street Bombing
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