full_name: Joe Slovo
firstname: Joe
description: Was targeted for killing by members of Security Branch Headquarters during June 1985. An informer was given a briefcase bomb intended for Mr Slovo, who was chief of staff of MK and a member of the ANC National Executive Committee and the SACP Central Committee, The informer, however, placed the briefcase at the entrance gate of the ANC’s offices in Lusaka, Zambia, where it exploded, causing no injuries or loss of life. One Security Branch operative was granted amnesty (AC/2000/083).