Charles Sebe Explained

Xhanti Charles Sebe
Death Date:27/28 January 1991
Death Place:Ciskei
Known For:Ciskei state security head, rebel and murder victim
Relatives:Lennox Sebe (brother)

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] Described as having created a police state in Ciskei,[3] [4] and being perceived as its de facto ruler,[5] he is the young 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 together with Onward Guzana back to Ciskei in an operation orchestrated by South African security forces[10] in 1991 27/28 January, 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 shot to death in cold blood[11] by the Ciskei Security forces.[4] [12] [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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lt. Gen. Charles Xhanti Sebe: A few Famous Quotes. www.museum.za.net.
  2. Web site: Truth Commission - Special Report - TRC Final Report - Volume 2, Section 1, Chapter. sabctrc.saha.org.za.
  3. News: MISERY IN A SOUTH AFRICAN 'HOMELAND'. Joseph. Lelyveld. The New York Times. 25 September 1983.
  4. Web site: South Africa: Ciskei: Ten Years on Human Rights and the Fiction of "Independence" (Human Rights Watch Report, December 20, 1991). www.hrw.org.
  5. Web site: Truth Commission - Special Report - TRC Final Report - Volume 2, Section 1, Chapter. sabctrc.saha.org.za.
  6. Web site: Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned. sahoboss. 16 March 2011.
  7. Web site: Application in terms of section 18 of the promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, no. 34 of 1995 - Kwanele Enough Thoba applicant . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150002/http://www.justice.gov.za/trc/decisions/1997/970414_thoba.htm . 2018-08-19.
  8. News: PRETORIA PUZZLE: 'HOMELANDS' AT ODDS. Alan Cowell and Special To the New York. Times. The New York Times. 20 October 1986.
  9. Web site: SAPA - 29 Jul 96 - FORMER CISKEI RULER'S SON WAS MOST FEARED IN. www.justice.gov.za.
  10. Web site: Truth Commission - Special Report - TRC Final Report - Volume 3, Section 1, Chapter. sabctrc.saha.org.za.
  11. Web site: Oupa Gqozo: An 'officer and a gentleman'. Ben. Maclennan. 7 April 2004.
  12. Pretoria's 'Divide and Rule' Strategy in Ciskei. 9 September 1992. Christian Science Monitor.
  13. Web site: The rule of brigadier Oupa Gqozo in Ciskei . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819084203/http://letras.comp.filos.unam.mx/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ColinWhite_TheRuleOfBrigadierOupaGqozoInCiskei.pdf . 19 August 2018 .
  14. Web site: South Africa: Second alleged Ciskei coup plotter killed.
  15. Web site: Today In History - YFM - Yona Ke Yona. yworld.co.za. 2018-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180819090622/http://yworld.co.za/yworld/tih/today_in_history?search-day=9&search-year=15&search-month=11. 2018-08-19. dead.

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