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Amavaravara

Explanation
an ANC/UDF-supporting breakaway vigilante group

A UDF supporter who was stabbed and burnt to death by members of the Amavaravara in KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, on 17 September 1989. Mr Duma had been a committee member of the UDF ‘people’s court’. See Amavaravara.
An ANC supporter who was shot dead on 18 August 1988 in KwaNdengezi, Kwazulu, near Pinetown, Natal, in conflict between the Amavaravara and other ANC supporters. See Amavaravara.
A UDF supporter who was shot dead by a UDF breakaway group known as the ‘Msimango Boys’ and members of the Amavaravara during political conflict in KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, 3 March 1990. Seven other people were killed in the attack. See Amavaravara.
An ANC supporter who was shot and injured by members of the KwaZulu Police (KZP) in KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, in August 1992 during conflict between the ANC youth and members of the Amavaravara, who were allegedly aided by the KZP. See Amavaravara.
A UDF supporter who was shot dead by a UDF breakaway group known as the ‘Msimango Boys’ and members of the Amavaravara during political conflict in KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, 3 March 1990. Seven other people were killed in the attack. See Amavaravara.
An ANC supporter who was shot and fatally wounded by members of the Amavaravara in Clermont, near Durban, in 1992 in internal conflict within the ANC. See Amavaravara.
An ANC supporter who was shot dead by Amavaravara vigilantes during political conflict in KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, on 17 June 1991.
An ANC supporter who was beaten, shot and killed by other named ANC supporters in KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, on 7 November 1991, during internal political conflict between ANC supporters and the Amavaravara. Six people were killed and 15 seriously injured in the fighting.
An ANC supporter whose house was burnt down by the Amavaravara in KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, in 1992.
An ANC supporter who was shot dead by members of the Amavaravara at KwaNdengezi, Kwazulu, near Pinetown, Natal, in February 1990, allegedly because he refused to join them. One other person, also an ANC supporter, was killed in the attack.
An ANC supporter who was shot dead by other ANC supporters on 29 April 1990 in Sobantu, near Pietermaritzburg, in political conflict between two ANC breakaway factions, the Amavaravara and the Amazimuzimu.
Was beaten with a gun by members of the ANC breakaway gang known as the Amavaravara gang, at KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, in April 1992. Gang members were allegedly looking for her sons who had remained loyal to the ANC.
An ANC supporter who was stabbed and shot dead by members of the Amavaravara at KwaNdengezi, KwaZulu, near Pinetown, Natal, on 4 June 1993.
 
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