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Hlobane Colliery attack

Explanation
On 6 June 1986, two busloads of Inkatha supporters attacked striking NUM members attending a meeting in the company hall at the Hlobane Colliery, near Vryheid, Natal. Eleven miners were killed and 115 injured.

A COSATU member who was stabbed and severely injured by Inkatha supporters in an attack on the Hlobane Colliery near Vryheid, Natal, on 6 June 1986. See Hlobane Colliery attack.
 
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