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Boipatong massacre

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Forty-five people died and 27 others were seriously injured on 17 June 1992 when several hundred IFP-supporting residents of the KwaMadala hostel launched attacks on the Boipatong community, near Vanderbijlpark, Tvl, during a period of escalating violence between the ANC and IFP in the area. Victims included at least nine children, two babies and 17 women, one of whom was pregnant. Residents were raped, hacked, stabbed, shot, beaten and disembowelled. This attack was allegedly planned and carried out with the aid of the police.

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... majority rule and regional powers. In May 1992, talks resumed with CODESA II. However, barely a month later, the ANC withdrew in the wake of the Boipatong massacre of 17 June 1992 and embarked on a campaign against the remaining homeland governments. Talks resumed five months later, after the ...
... 59: The name ‘Kopper’ in line 6 should read ‘Klopper’. Page 604 Paragraph 96: The first part of the first sentence should read ‘After the Boipatong massacre …’. Page 646 Paragraph 278: The Commission withdraws the assertion that Colonel Jan Breytenbach was at some time commander of ...
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