full_name: Gert Jacobus De Villiers
firstname: Gert Jacobus
description: De Villiers survived a landmine explosion that severely damaged his motor vehicle at Messina, Transvaal, on 26 November 1985, in what was part of an ANC landmine campaign aimed at military patrols in the rural border regions. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/093). See ANC landmine campaign. 