full_name: Portia Shabangu
firstname: Portia
description: A SANSCO member, who was killed, with two others, in an ambush near Bhunya, Swaziland on 12 February 1989. The three were lured into the ambush by a Security Branch agent, purporting to be an MK operative. The Security Branch then spread a rumour that they had been killed by the ANC because they were suspected of being police informers. The operation was conducted by Vlakplaas and Section D of Security Branch Headquarters. Nineteen operatives from Vlakplaas and Security Branch Headquarters were granted amnesty (AC/2001/227). 