Anton Fransch (c. 1969 – 17 November 1989), nom de guerre Mahomad, [1] was a commander in uMkhonto we Sizwe. [2] He was killed on 17 November 1989 in Cape Town by members of the South African Police and the South African Defence Force for his anti-apartheid activities, after a seven-hour siege in which he used hand-grenades and a machine gun. [3] [4]
Fransch is the subject of The Funeral of Anton Fransch, a poem by Tatamkhulu Afrika, [5] and the 2003 film Deafening Echoes, directed by Eugene Paramoer. [3]
Anton Fransch (c. 1969 – 17 November 1989), nom de guerre Mahomad, [1] was a commander in uMkhonto we Sizwe. [2] He was killed on 17 November 1989 in Cape Town by members of the South African Police and the South African Defence Force for his anti-apartheid activities, after a seven-hour siege in which he used hand-grenades and a machine gun. [3] [4]
Fransch is the subject of The Funeral of Anton Fransch, a poem by Tatamkhulu Afrika, [5] and the 2003 film Deafening Echoes, directed by Eugene Paramoer. [3]