Anton Fransch
Anton Fransch (c. 1969 – 17 November 1989), nom de guerre "Mahomad", was a commander in Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was killed on 17 November 1989 in Cape Town by police and South African Defence Forces for his anti-apartheid activities, after a seven-hour siege in which he defended himself with hand-grenades and a machine gun. Cultural references. Fransch is the subject of "The Funeral of Anton Fransch", a poem by Tatamkhulu Afrika, and the 2003 film "Deafening Echoes", directed by Eugene Paramoer.