Operation Beanbag
| Operation Beanbag | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Internal resistance to apartheid | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| South Africa |
ANC (Umkhonto we Sizwe) Mozambique | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| SADF | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~20 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
2 killed 1 MIA (presumed dead) |
Unclear 16 killed per the Truth and Reconciliation Commission | ||||||
| 1 civilian killed (Mozambique) | |||||||
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Operation Beanbag, also known as the Matola Raid, was a military operation conducted by the South African Defence Force (SADF) against suspected safe houses of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), in Matola, Mozambique. The operation was authorised by Prime Minister P.W. Botha.