Cradock Four

Explanation
Four Eastern Cape UDF activists were abducted and assassinated by members of the security police on 27 June 1985 as they drove back to Cradock from a meeting in Port Elizabeth. The four were Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto and Fort Calata from Cradock, and Sicelo Mhlauli from Oudtshoorn. Before their deaths, all had been frequently detained, tortured and harassed by the police. Their deaths sparked a national outcry and resulted in street protests in many regions across the country.

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Amnesty Hearing, East London, Day 3 (25 March 1999)

... murder by one bullet, with respect, or murder by a prolonged or sustained assault is another thing. We've heard evidence in other hearings, in the Cradock matter, where people were over a period of time tortured. I'm not saying Mr Smit was tortured to that extent, but there are degrees of ...

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Decision (28 July 1998)

c) the unlawful possession of explosives during the period July 1993 to 13 September 1993, which explosives are described in the Regional Court, Cradock, charge sheet under case number 4/1971/93.

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Amnesty Hearing, Johannesburg, Day 1 (08 June 1998)

... of whites by AZAPO and UDF on the other hand felt that the white people might be of help in the struggle but this then spread because of the Cradock 4 who disappeared. There were now accusations that the, the conflict started just there until the conflict spread to Gauteng in early ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 1 (22 June 1998)

In Cradock, we see the massacres in Uitenhage and so on. The state of emergency which worsened things, this was the situation where the Police had taken a back seat and the Army was now running our lives in the township.

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Amnesty Hearing, East London (06 April 1999)

... was traditionally the cradle of black radicalism. Certain areas in the Eastern Cape, namely East London, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Queenstown and Cradock, were known since the '50's for a radical and even violent political actions. Certain families who traditionally had an important influence ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 2 (30 September 1997)

ADV BOOYENS: Cradock is also in the Eastern Cape, although

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Worcester, Day 1 (24 June 1996)

We were coming from the funeral we burying Galata Goniwe and the others, it was in the morning when we came back from Cradock. The - there were uprisings and there was instability in our location. We would see the cars, police cars going up and down the streets, but we were not much bothered ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Duncan Village, Day 1 (23 September 1996)

What made things very serious here in Duncan Village was the Cradock massacre where there was also the killing of the Mtenge family which also made the people to be more disturbed.

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 2 (27 July 1999)

Other 1985 events are the PEBCO 3 and the CRADOCK 4 abductions and murders, the two excruciating states of emergencies and the last of which lasted until the dawn of the new democratic era in 1989. Even the white business community inside South Africa secretly defied the apartheid bulldog regime ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Alexandra (29 October 1996)

... by those comrades who were mandated, unfortunately I was not part of them because at that time the police were looking for me for a trial in Cradock so I had to be very careful. I used to come in during the night in Alexandra and speak to the comrades and leave and they would do the rest ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Bisho, Day 2 (10 September 1996)

Good day Nomfaneleko. You were from Queenstown when you came to the march, is that correct? --- No my home is in Cradock. I am in Queenstown now. I was in Queenstown then.

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