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A-Team (Chesterville, Durban)

Explanation
The Chesterville A-Team, a state-sponsored vigilante group composed of Inkatha supporters, was set up by the Security Branch in 1985 in Chesterville, Durban, to counter the activities of the UDF, COSAS and other civic organisations in the area. Political tensions between UDF supporters and members of the Chesterville A-Team frequently resulted in attacks against UDF and ANC supporters.

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An SACP member and leader of the defence team in the Rivonia treason trial who was sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1966 and denied medical treatment by prison authorities in Pretoria.
An ANC supporter who was beaten to death on 19 December 1993 in Chesterville, Durban, by members of the Chesterville A-Team. See A-Team (Chesterville, Durban).
Was shot and injured by a named councillor in Thabong, Welkom, Orange Free State (OFS), on Easter Sunday in April 1985. The councillor was part of the A-Team. See
Was burnt to death in an arson attack on her home in Chesterville, Durban, by named members of the Chesterville A-Team on 9 January 1987. Her two little daughters were killed in the same attack.
He had his house in Durban destroyed in an arson attack by members of the Chesterville A-Team during January 1986.
Was burnt to death in an arson attack on her home in Chesterville, Durban, by named members of the Chesterville A-team on 9 January 1987. Her mother and sister were killed in the same attack.
Was burnt to death in an arson attack on her home in Chesterville, Durban, by named members of the Chesterville A-team on 9 January 1987. Her mother and baby sister were killed in the same attack.
Was severely burnt when her home in Durban was set alight by members of the Chesterville A-Team during January 1986.
Was burnt to death when his family home in Durban was set alight by members of the Chesterville A-Team during January 1986.
Was burnt to death in an arson attack on her parents` home in Chesterville, Durban, on 9 January 1987, by named members of the Chesterville A-team. Her mother and sister were killed in the same attack.
An ANC supporter who was severely assaulted in an attack by A-Team members on mourners at a night vigil in Thabong, Welkom, Orange Free State (OFS), on 9 May 1985.
Was burnt to death when her family home in Durban was set alight by members of the Chesterville A-Team during January 1986.
A UDF supporter who was injured when his house was burnt down by named members of the Chesterville A-team during political conflict in Chesterville, Durban, on 30 December 1986.
A UDF member who was shot dead by a known member of the Chesterville A-team on 28 March 1986. The attack occurred in the course of conflict over the incorporation of Chesterville into KwaZulu.
An ANC supporter who was severely beaten by members of the Chesterville A-Team in Chesterville, Durban, in June 1982. See A-Team (Chesterville)
A UDF supporter who was shot and stabbed to death in Chesterville, Durban, on 30 December 1986 by members of the Chesterville A-Team. See A-Team (Chesterville)
An MK operative, and one other, were shot dead by a joint Vlakplaas and Eastern Transvaal Security Branch team in Manzini, Swaziland, on 22 November 1983. One member from Security Branch Headquarters, responsible for authorising the attack, and four Eastern Transvaal and three Vlakplaas operatives ...
He had his house in Chesterville, Durban, burnt down in September 1986 in an attack allegedly carried out by members of the Chesterville A-Team.
Was severely beaten by members of the Chesterville A-Team in 1986, because he was thought to be a UDF supporter.
An ANC supporter who was beaten to death by members of the A-Team in Parys, Orange Free State (OFS), in November 1985. See A-Team (OFS).
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