THE evening of 14 June 1986, 31 years ago this Wednesday, a bomb rips through the Why Not bar in Durban’s Marine Parade, killing three people and seriously injuring 71.
The ANC’s Robert McBride was the murderer.
Even the Truth and Reconciliation Commission described the act as ‘a gross violation of Human Rights.’
Today, McBride has a cushy job in the government, but of course the ANC always protects its own, whatever terrorist outrage they perpetrated.
But I think it important that we don’t forget these victims who suffered the most terrible injuries, or whose lives were so cruelly ended.
Partygoers, Angelique Pattenden, Julie van der Linde and Marchelle Gerand died that fateful evening. Innocently blown apart.
Maybe Durban City Council could consider naming streets along the beachfront after these three victims?
I’m sure Nelson Mandela would have.
David Wilson (in political exile)
Homberg Way, Bridgwater, Somerset
