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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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Was shot dead 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).
Was one of three people injured in a limpet mine explosion at the Tembisa police station barracks, Transvaal, on 10 October 1988. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/132).
Was shot dead by IFP supporters in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 18 April 1993 in the aftermath of the assassination of Chris Hani. IFP supporters in a VW Jetta fired indiscriminately, killing at least 19 people on that day. The car was eventually hijacked and the occupants shot dead.
A UDF supporter who had his house looted and set alight when a group of Inkatha supporters and Caprivi trainees attacked a UDF meeting in a house at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 18 January 1988. Nine people were killed and an estimated 200 people were injured in the attack. The group went ...
Was slapped twice across the face by named policemen in balaclavas in Bela-Bela police station, Warmbaths, Transvaal, in April 1993. She fell on a rock and damaged her spine. Ms Maluleka was beaten on suspicion of being involved in burning an informer`s shack with other people, in violence after ...
lost his home in an arson attack in KTC, Cape Town, in June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by Witdoeke vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. More than 60 people were killed and over 20 000 homes were burnt during the attacks.
Was severely injured when a limpet mine, planted by MK operatives, exploded during lunchtime at the Wimpy restaurant in Benoni, Transvaal, on 30 July 1988. One woman was killed and at least 66 people were injured. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the planning and execution of the attack ...
Was burnt to death by members of the `Gadaffi` faction in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, in 1991 after the ANC in the area split into two rival groups, the `Gadaffis` and the `Zim-zims`. Conflict between them left at least 20 people dead in the area. See also Khutsong Youth Congress.
Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty-one people were killed and 217 injured. The overall commander of MK`s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted ...
Was detained and severely beaten by named Amasolomzi vigilantes and members of the SAP, in Ashton, Cape, on 24 May 1986, following a funeral and house-to-house search by police. About 108 people were arrested and 22 injured, eight of them seriously. Mr Mantlane was released after three months` ...
Was shot dead by a named members of the Municipal Police during political conflict in Grahamstown, Cape, on 2 February 1987. Four other people died in the incident.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP on 16 June 1985 in De Aar, Cape, for allegedly throwing stones at the police. About seventy one people, mostly youth, were arrested by the police after a demonstration in front of the local shopping centre.
Was shot dead by members of the 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 members of the former CDF were refused ...
Was killed by IFP supporters coming back from a rally in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1991. He was in a car with his wife when people in the crowd pursued them firing into the car before beating and hacking him to death with knobkerries and assegais.
A warrant officer in the SAP who was killed 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 twenty were injured in the blast. Two MK ...
Was injured when members of MK`s Special Operations Unit detonated an explosive in a car outside the SADF Witwatersrand Command headquarters in Johannesburg on 30 July 1987. At least 68 people were injured. Three MK operatives and one UDF supporter linked to MK were granted amnesty for their roles ...
An ANC supporter who had his house burnt down by IFP supporters in Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 25 February 1994. About 20 deaths of victims from both the IFP and the ANC and at least twenty eight incidents of house burning were recorded that month. Hundreds of people were forced to ...
A member of the SAP who was shot and injured by MK operatives in Meadowlands, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 29 January 1988. The perpetrators ambushed and fired at the police vehicle, injuring four people.Two MK operatives applied for amnesty. One withdrew his application and the other was granted ...
An employee of Rand Water who was shot dead by members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) while he was travelling in a taxi past the informal settlement of Phola Park in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 26 February 1992. Four people died and eight were injured. One SDU member was granted amnesty for the attack ...
Was shot dead by members of the 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 members of the former CDF were refused ...
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