Charles Sebe

Lt. General Xhanti Charles Sebe[1] was leader of the Ciskei Defence Force- the military of the Bantustan of Ciskei, and its Director of State Security. A former security branch policeman, he later joined the South African Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.) before founding the Ciskei state security apparatus.[2]

Xhanti Charles Sebe
Known forCiskei state security head, rebel and murder victim

Described as having created a police state in Ciskei,[3][4] and being perceived as its de facto ruler,[5] he was the brother of Lennox Sebe. He was subsequently arrested by his brother's government, and sentenced to prison by the Ciskei government for incitement,[6][7] but was rescued from jail by white mercenaries,[8] and escaped to the nearby Bantustan of Transkei, where he began an organisation that aimed to overthrow his brother's government.[9]

Charles Sebe was lured back to Ciskei in an operation orchestrated by South African security forces[10][11] in 1991, during the rule of Oupa Gqozo, and, having been wounded in an ambush which killed an associate, was the subject of a manhunt, and he was subsequently was shot to death in cold blood[12] by the Ciskei Security forces.[4][11][13][14] Gqozo was tried in 1993 for the murder, by the Ciskei Supreme Court, and, together with his co-accused, Sergeant-Major Thozamile Veliti, Gqozo was acquitted.[15]

The killing of Sebe was later investigated by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[10]

References
  1. "Lt. Gen. Charles Xhanti Sebe: A few Famous Quotes". www.museum.za.net.
  2. "Truth Commission - Special Report - TRC Final Report - Volume 2, Section 1, Chapter". sabctrc.saha.org.za.
  3. Lelyveld, Joseph. "MISERY IN A SOUTH AFRICAN 'HOMELAND'".
  4. "South Africa: Ciskei: Ten Years on Human Rights and the Fiction of "Independence" (Human Rights Watch Report, December 20, 1991)". www.hrw.org.
  5. "Truth Commission - Special Report - TRC Final Report - Volume 2, Section 1, Chapter". sabctrc.saha.org.za.
  6. sahoboss (16 March 2011). "Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned".
  7. http://www.justice.gov.za/trc/decisions/1997/970414_thoba.htm
  8. Times, Alan Cowell and Special To the New York. "PRETORIA PUZZLE: 'HOMELANDS' AT ODDS".
  9. "SAPA - 29 Jul 96 - FORMER CISKEI RULER'S SON WAS MOST FEARED IN". www.justice.gov.za.
  10. "Truth Commission - Special Report - TRC Final Report - Volume 3, Section 1, Chapter". sabctrc.saha.org.za.
  11. "Pretoria's `Divide and Rule' Strategy in Ciskei". 9 September 1992 – via Christian Science Monitor.
  12. Maclennan, Ben. "Oupa Gqozo: An 'officer and a gentleman'".
  13. http://letras.comp.filos.unam.mx/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ColinWhite_TheRuleOfBrigadierOupaGqozoInCiskei.pdf
  14. "South Africa: Second alleged Ciskei coup plotter killed".
  15. "Today In History - YFM - Yona Ke Yona". yworld.co.za. Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-19.


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