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[Quartz] Former US President Barack Obama will aim high with his Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johanesburg on July 17th. According to his close adviser and former speechwriter Benjamin J. Rhodes, Obama views this as the most important speech he has given since leaving the White House, one that will set the tone for his post-presidency.
One of South Africa’s deadliest terror attacks took place in Church Street, Pretoria, in 1983, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress, detonated a large mortar bomb outside the Nedbank Square in Church Street, a building which hosted the South African Air Force’s headquarters. The bombing resulted in the death of 19 people as well as over one hundred injuries. The bombing took the lives of 17 men and 2 women, of which 9 were White and 7 were Black. The bomb proved successful in its objective to cause the most harm as its detonation time was 16h30 in the afternoon, a peak rush-hour for the area. MK forces participated in a range of various systematic bombings across South Africa during the years following the 1938 Church Street bombing. The African National Congress claimed responsibility for the bombing under the leadership of Oliver Tambo.