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Glory Sedibe | |
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| Born | Glory Lefoshie Sedibe May 16, 1953 Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Died | March 20, 1994 (aged 40) The Reeds, Centurion |
| Other names | Comrade September, Lucky Seme, Wally Williams, Dois M, Sabata |
| Occupation | Freedom fighter turned enemy agent |
| Movement | Umkhonto we Sizwe, African National Congress |
| Spouse | Maria da Conceição |
| Children | Two |
Glory Lefoshie Sedibe, popularly known as Comrade September (16 May 1953 - 20 March 1994), was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and a senior Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operative who in August 1986 was abducted by an Apartheid death squad led by Eugene de Kock. After being severely tortured while detained in Piet Retief, Sedibe agreed to inform on his ANC comrades, becoming an askari or spy and murdered his own comrades in Vlakplaas with De Kock and others for the Apartheid state.[1][2] He was a very prominent ANC activist in exile who went by the noms de guerre Comrade September, Lucky Seme and Wally Williams and was also nicknamed Dois M and Sebata.[3]
Sedibe's name featured high during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that was established by Nelson Mandela's democratic government in 1996 and he was an example of how inhumane the Apartheid regime was to black people "who were often faced with no real choice at all [but] to betray their comrades or be killed," as journalist Rebecca Davis puts it.[4]
- ^ Askari - Jacob Dlamini: A Story of Collaboration and Betrayal, Africa In Words, 12 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2022
- ^ Glory Sedibe and the Boers, Politicsweb, 3 December 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2022
- ^ [1], Cercles. Retrieved 20 February 2022
- ^ - BETRAYAL - The agonizing case of Apartheid's black collaborators, Daily Maverick, 5 December 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2022