This resource is hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, but was compiled and authored by Padraig O’Malley. It is the product of almost two decades of research and includes analyses, chronologies, historical documents, and interviews from the apartheid and post-apartheid eras.
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Identification
ABRAHAMS = SABRINA
AE = ALEC ERWIN
AG = ARCHIE GUMEDE
ALAN ROBERTS = BOETIE
ALEC ERWIN = AE
ALPHONS = TIMO
ANC = REED SECTION
ANDY = JABU
ANDY = JABU
ANGELIS = SALLY
ARCHIE GUMEDE = AG
ARTHUR = GM
BARBARA = DORIS
BEA = LENNIE
BEN = TONY
BETTY = LEIN DOURLEIJN
BN = BILLY NAIR
BILLY NAIR = BN
BRAZZO = GLEN
BRAZZO = PETER PATEL
BRAZZO = RAYMOND LALA
BRENDA = CATHERINE MVELASE
BOETIE = ALLAN ROBERTS
BOTSWANA = BORIS
BORIS = BOTSWANA
BRUCE = JONATHAN DE VRIES
C = ROGER = CYRIL
C = MIKE & CLEO
CANADA = RAMON
CARL = ISABELLA = NYANDA
CARL = DANIELS
CARL = NYANDA
CAROL = CHERYL
CATHY = IRENE
CD = DONALD
CE = CHANGE TO REYNOLD UNTIL CK
CLIVE = TREVOR
CLIVE = PRAVIN GORDHAN
CHA CHA = DANIELS
CHARLES = COLIN
CHARLES = JOHN
CHARLES = K
CHERYL = CAROL
CHRIS DLAMINI = DONALD
CHRIS = JUSTINE QUINCE
CHRISTIANE RAMSEYER = STEVENSON
CINDY = LUCY
CLEO = C
CLEO = LONDON
COLIN = CHARLES
CREOLE = JABU
DANIELS = CARL
DANIELS = CHA CHA
DANNYBOY – THE FLEA
DAVID THURTLE = DANIEL
DENNIS MORE = NYANDA
DEVELOPED = RCD
DE VRIES = BRUCE
DEZI ANGELIS = SALLY
DIBS = SIPHO
DICK = RAHIM
DLAMINI = DONALD
DONALD = CHRIS DLAMINI
DONALD = CD
DORIS = BARBARA
DOUGLAS = MZIMELA
DOURLEIJN = BETTY
CR = TWO MSGS TO BE PICKED UP
DURBAN= LOBBY
EASTERN CAPE = RUTH
EDDIE = SIMON
EDITH = ELSA
ELISA = EDITH
ELSA = GEMMA
ENRICO = ROCKY
ERWIN = AE
ESTER = RACHEL
EVANS = JAMES
EXPOSED = NOT HEARD
FARIED = TONY KAROM
FLEA = DANNYBOY
FRANCE = MONICA
FRANQUIN JACQUES (JACK) = STEVENSON
FREDA = TSHBALALA
FREDDY = HOWARD
FRG = MONA
G = RACHEL
GABRIEL = PAM
GEMMA = ELSA
GENE = KASRILS
GEORGE = LIONEL OCTOBER
GLEN = BRAZZO
GLEN = LALA
GM = ARTHUR
GRACE = ZOLA
GRAHAM = MAUR
GORDHAN = PG
GORDHAN = CLIVE = TREVOR
GOVAN = SWAZILAND
GUMEDE = AG
HOLLAND = LUCYS PLACE
HOLTZMAN = LAURA
HOWARD GABRIEL = PAM
HOWARD = FREDDY
IRENE = CATHY
ISAACS = MAGGIE
ISABELLA = CARL
ISABELLA = SYL
JACK = JZ
JAMES = MIKE EVANS
JL = SUZANNA
JABU = ANDY
JABU = CREOLE
JANE = SUSAN TSHABALALA = MOSHOESHOE
JACK = RAXEL
JACK = JZ
JANET = KAY
JANET = JS
JANET = SLOVO
JANET= ROB
JESSIE = JOANNE
JESSY = JOBURG
JL = SUZANNA
JOANNE = JESSIE
JOBURG = JESSY
JOE SLOVO = KAY
JOHN = CHARLES
JONATHAN DE VRIES = BRUCE
JS = JANET
JS = KAY
JULY = DR. PILLAY
JUNIOR = MINOR
JZ = JACK
K = CHARLES
KAY = JS
KAY = JOE SLOVO
KAROM = FARIED
KARIM = KATHY
KASRILS = GENE
KATHY = KARIM
KAY = JANET
KAY = SLOVO
KRAB = PETER
LALA = BRAZZO
LALA = GLEN
LALA = PRAKESH SINGH
LARA = THEO
LARA = LONGHORN
LARRY = SANKER
LAURA = ZELDA HOLTZMAN
LEIN DOURLEIJN = BETTY
LENNIE = BEA
LEO = PETE
LEO = PATRICK
LIZ = LOBBY
LOBBY = LIZ
LUCY ABRAHAMS = SABRINA
LUCY = CINDY
LUCYS PLACE = HOLLAND
LUSAKA = MIKE
MADIBA = SIPHO
MAGGIE = SULIMAN ISAACS
MAHARAJ = THEO
MARCEL = POLO MOLEFE
MARSHA = BILLY NAIR
MARTIN KRAB = PETER
MAUR = GRAHAM
MAY = PETE
MHLABA = NDOBE
MIKE = C
MIKE = LUSAKA
MIKE EVANS = JAMES
MINOR = JUNIOR
MITCHELL = STEVE
MK = BRASS SECTION
MN = MSG NOT RECEIVED OK
MOLLY = SABATA
MONA = FRG
MONICA = FRANCE
MOOSA BASHIR = NYANDA
MOSHOESHOE = JANE
MR = MSG RECEIVED OK
MRS = THREE MSGS TO BE PICKED UP
MURRAY MITCHELL = STEVE
MV = VICKY
MVELASE = BRENDA
MZIMELA = DOUGLAS
NAIR = BN
NAIR = MARSHA
NDOBE = MHLABA
NM = NO MSG
NORMAN = NZO
NOSEY = WILLIAM PETERSON = WALLACE
NOT HEARD = EXPOSED
NTABA = JACOB ZUMA
NYANDA = CARL
NZO = NORMAN
OCTOBER = GEORGE
OSC = RAYMOND
PAM = HOWARD GABRIEL
PATEL = BRAZZO
PATRICK = LEO
PAULA = TSHABALALA
PAUL G = JACK = REXEL
PETE = MAY
PETE = LEO
PETER = MARTIN KRAB
PETERSON = WALLACE = NOSEY
PG = GORDHAN
PILLAY = JULY
POPO = MARCEL
PU = PICK UP MULTIPLE MSGS
QUINCE = CHRIS
RAMON = CANADA
RACHEL = ESTER
RACHEL = G
RAHIM = DICK
RAMSEYER CHRISTIANE = STEVENSON
RAY PETERSON = NYANDA
RAYMOND = RICHIE
RAYMOND = OSC
RCD = DEVELOPED
REFILOE = TSHBALALA
REFILOE = TSHABALALA
REG = ALPHONS
RETAILOR = SACP
REYNOLD = SIMON
REXEL = JACK = PAUL G
RICHARD O'REILLY = NYANDA
RICHIE = RAYMOND
RM = RECEIVE MSG
ROB = JANET
ROBERTS = BOETIE
ROCKY = ENRICO
ROCKY = RON
ROGER = C
RON = ROCKY
RUTH = EASTERN CAPE
S = SUZY
SABATA = MOLLY
SABRINA = LUCY ABRAHAMS
SACP = RETAILOR
SALLY = DEZI ANGELIS
SANKER = LARRY
SD = TESSA
SELLO = SOLLY
SHANON = SYDNEY
SIMON = EDDIE
SIMON = REYNOLD
SINGH = LALA
SIPHO = MADIBA
SIPHO =
SIPHO = DIBS
SIMON = EDDIE
SIMON = REYNOLD
SINGH = LALA
SIPHO = MADIBA
SIPHO =
SIPHO = DIBS
SLOVO = KAY
SM = SEND MSG
SMITH BRENDA = MVELASE
SOLLY = SELLO
SOVIET UNION = SU
STEVE = MURRAY MITCHELL
STEVE = LEONARD
STEVENSON = RAMSEYER
SU = SOVIET UNION
SULIMAN ISAACS = MAGGIE
SUSAN = JAEY LOVE
SUZANNA = JL
SUZY = S
SWAZILAND = GOVAN
SYDNEY = ZIMBABWE
SYDNEY = SHANON
SYL = ISABELLA
TB = PAGING SERVICE
TC = TAPE CODER
TD = DIRECT COMM VIA MODEM
TEDDY = TREVOR
TESSA = SD
TG = TELECOM GOLD EMAIL SERVICE
THEO = TONY
THEO = MAHARAJ
THEO = LARA
THURTLE = DANIEL
TIMO = ALPHONS
TK = KEYCODER
TL = TEXT LITE
TM = BY POST
TONY = THEO
TONY = BEN
TONY KAROM = FARIED
TP = TONE PAD
TR = TAPECODER ON RADIO
TREVOR = TEDDY
TS = CELLPHONE (suitcase)
TSHABALALA = JANE = MOSHOESHOE
TT = TEXT TELL
TV = ANSWERING SERVICE (voicebank)
TV = CALL TV
VALI = VICTOR
VICKY = MV
VICTOR = VALLY
VISH = LITTLE GEORGE
WALLACE = WILLIAM PETERSON = NOSEY
WILLIAM PETERSON = WALLACE = NOSEY
WILSON MARY = MVELASE
YM = YOUNG MAN
XHAMELA = ZELDA HOLTZMAN = LAURA
ZIMBABWE= SYDNEY
ZOLA = GRACE
ZURINA = SABRINA = LUCY ABRAHAMS