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Duncan Village

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Violence erupted in Duncan Village, outside East London, following the funeral of slain Durban-based UDF leader Victoria Mxenge in nearby Rayi villageon 11 August 1985. Returning mourners carried out arson attacks on various buildings including the rent office, schools, a beerhall, a bottle store and a community centre. That evening, rampaging youths swept through the Ziphunzana area of the township, singing freedom songs. All six community councillors' homes were burnt down and homes of police officers and suspected collaborators were also attacked. Violence continued on the following days with looting and burning of commercial and delivery vehicles, and running battles between youths and members of the security forces, who resorted to deadly force to restore order in the area, arresting many injured people as they were being treated at a local church aid centre. Five people were dead by 14 August. By 16 August, the toll had risen to 19 people dead and 138 injured.

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REVD FINCA: We thank every one. We think that the community of Duncan Village are time conscious, they respect time and we find them seated already. We thank you for that. We are now going to ask Mr Joe Jordan to give his submission to this Commission on behalf of the ANC.
MR MALUNGA: According to the docket he was arrested in Duncan Village in Douglas Smith Highway.
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
Let me once more introduce to you this panel of my colleagues who work with me in this hearing in Duncan Village and we are a part of the main Commission though we are based here in the Eastern Cape.
REVD FINCA: We thank the Minister for his opening prayer in this Duncan Village hearing. We thank everybody here present today who have come to participate as to put before this Commission all the things that occurred to them. We would like to introduce this panel here before you.
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
... Mr Mapisa, I would like to greet you my friend this afternoon and I would thank to take this opportunity that on this day of the hearings here in Duncan Village, which the Truth Commission is trying to investigate and to get out the truth of what was happening here, I am so glad that you are ...
I went to the next door house, my next door house and I am not sure about the first bullet, but what I remember is DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING: TRC/EASTERN CAPE
REVD FINCA: These three victims are going to give us additional information that is also connected to the Duncan Village massacre. I'm going to ask Revd Xundu to swear them in and also to lead them on behalf of the Commission.
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
MR SANDI: Today you are going to tell us about what happened to you during the conflict here in Duncan Village. When I look at your statement, you say that on the 13th of October in 1985, you were shot. Can you please tell us what was happening?
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
MR SANDI: Do you reside at Section C in Duncan Village in East London?
This hearing in Duncan Village has been a success and we are impressed by the behaviour of the people even if they were to listen to some of the things that were not very palatable to them.
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
MR ENGELANI: I would like to start on the 1985 massacre in Duncan Village. I was at home. There was one man distributing pamphlets. What I am saying now is not in my statement. Before this man could come there was one man who came saying that there are people distributing pamphlets around. He ...
DUNCAN VILLAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
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