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people's war

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a popular national rebellion of both trained soldiers and ordinary civilians during the mid- to late 80s. The strategy, promoted by the ANC, involved integrating armed MK combatants with mass organisations inside South African townships, and rendering the townships ungovernable through attacks on the security forces and other representatives of the state.

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An ANC supporter who was severely beaten by members of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and 200 people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho ...
An ANC supporter who had his house damaged in a petrol bomb attack by alleged members of the SAP in Duduza, Nigel, Transvaal, in August 1985 because he was involved in the burial of people who died during political conflict in the area.
A SADTU member who lost her home and was later stabbed by IFP supporters in Katlehong, Transvaal, on 25 May 1993. An ANC march past an IFP-supporting Tokoza hostel on 22 May 1993 sparked violent conflict that led to over 1000 women and children fleeing their homes. About thirty five people were ...
A UDF supporter who was shot and killed on 6 April 1990 when a group of Inkatha supporters attacked UDF supporters and residents at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, in spite of a heavy police and military presence. Fourteen people were killed and at least one hundred and twenty homes were burnt ...
Was injured and suffered damage to property on 17 June 1992 in the Boipatong massacre in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty, and a further three applications were refused ...
An ANC supporter who was shot by members of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and 200 people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two ...
Was injured and suffered damage to property on 17 June 1992 in the Boipatong massacre in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty, a further three applications were refused ...
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
Was injured on 29 July 1986 when an MK unit attacked the Madeira police station in Umtata, Transkei. At least eight people were killed in the attack, including members of the SAP, civilians and one of the MK operatives. One MK operative applied for and was granted amnesty (AC/2000/240).
An ANC supporter who was shot and injured by members of the SADF in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 28 May 1986, while on his way home from a soccer match during a period of protests in the area. Three people were shot dead and several injured in the shooting.
Was severely beaten by members of the SAP in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 22 April 1986. She and her activist boyfriend were helping organise a mass funeral of nineteen people killed in clashes between township residents and hostel-dwellers. Ms Malakoane`s boyfriend was shot and ran into a house ...
Was severely injured when members of MK`s `Dolphin Unit` detonated an explosive in a car near the Krugersdorp Magistrate`s court and the adjacent police station, Transvaal, on 16 March 1988. Three people were killed and more than 20 were injured in the blast. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty ...
An ANC supporter who was shot and injured by men in balaclavas while attending a disco in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 10 September 1993. Three people were killed and five injured. The alleged perpetrators, some of whom are named, were members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) that attacked other ANC ...
Was injured when AWB members detonated an explosive at the taxi rank in Westonaria, Transvaal, on 25 April 1994, in an effort to disrupt the electoral process. Five people were killed in the blast. Six AWB members were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See right-wing attacks.
Was shot dead in Thozama section, Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, on 8 January 1986 while students were planning a boycott and march to demand the release of several people arrested earlier. A truck driver caught up in the protests fired a shot at the crowd hitting Jerry in the head and killing ...
Was abducted and killed by ANC supporters and residents, when petrol was poured on her and she was set alight in GaMantlhanyane village, Nebo, Lebowa, on 11 April 1994. The perpetrators accused her of using witchcraft to cause the deaths of six youths. Her own daughter was made to set her alight. ...
He suffered traumatic losses when his wife was burnt to death and his property destroyed by ANC members and residents of GaMantlhanyane village, Nebo, Lebowa, on 11 April 1994. Three people were killed that day. Local residents believed that a sangoma had identified her as one of the people ...
Was shot dead by named members of the SAP in Crossroads, Cape Town, on 29 August 1985. He was one of twenty eight people shot dead by police in the aftermath of the Pollsmoor march. See Pollsmoor march.
A COSAS member who was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Sharpeville, Vereeniging, Transvaal, on 15 April 1993. Between January and October 1993, One hundred and ninety three people were killed in such shootings.
A visiting Russian sailor who was shot and injured in an armed attack by APLA operatives on the congregation of St James` Church, Kenilworth, Cape Town, on 25 July 1993. He lost his legs as a result of his injuries. Eleven people were killed and fifty eight were wounded in the attack. Three of four ...
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