/ 3 June 1999

BOMB SCARE DISRUPTS ANC CELEBRATION

A BOMB scare at Gallagher Estate in Midrand saw ANC officials celebrating their party’s imminent election victory hastily evacuated. Everybody was ushered out of the building while security forces combed the area. However, the mood in the parking lot of the sprawling conference centre remained jubilant and party members, undeterred by what seemed to be a case of sour grapes on the part of a loser, continued to celebrate.