full_name: Stanley Sipho Bhila
firstname: Stanley Sipho
description: An MK operative who was abducted, shot in the head and killed on 22 February 1987 by Security Branch operatives. His body was then allegedly thrown off a cliff in a remote area near Umbumbulu, Natal. Mr Bhila had been acquitted of terrorism charges only days earlier. Two Port Natal and three Vlakplaas operatives were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/112).