full_name: Sicelo Christopher Lefty Maseko
firstname: Sicelo Christopher Lefty
description: An MK cadre who died on 6 October 1988 in Luanda, Angola, reportedly during a UNITA ambush. MK soldiers based in Angola assisted the FAPLA forces of the ruling MPLA government in its war against UNITA, which was assisted by the South African government. 1987-8 saw particularly fierce fighting, in which a number of MK soldiers were killed in combat, often in ambushes laid by UNITA.