full_name: Siphiwo Lawrence Matya
firstname: Siphiwo Lawrence
description: An MK cadre who died in UNITA ambush in Viana, Angola, on 5 November 1987. 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.