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KwaMashu hostel killings

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Seven ANC representatives were abducted from a hostel in KwaMashu, Durban, by IFP supporters on 29 March 1994, after they had gone to the hostel to attend a scheduled peace meeting to resolve differences between KwaMashu residents and hostel-dwellers. Five were killed and two survived. Four IFP supporters, including the chairperson of the IFP hostel branch in KwaMashu, were convicted of the killings.

... announcement of the election date. 428 IFP supporters are alleged to have launched attacks on the party’s opponents in KwaMakhutha, Umlazi and KwaMashu. In KwaMashu, Umlazi and Mondlo, opponents allegedly occupied stadiums reserved by the ANC, resulting in heightened political tensions and ...
 
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