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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, allegedly by IFP supporters, in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 16 August 1993. reportedly because his family refused to join the IFP. He died three days later. Four people died and three were injured in the attack, including a five year old boy.
Was shot dead in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 16 August 1993, allegedly by IFP supporters because she refused to join the IFP. Ms Mabaso was one of three people killed and three injured in this incident. The East Rand was a central site of political conflict from August 1990.
An IFP-supporting chief who was injured in an attack by UDF and ANC supporters in the Mahwaqa area, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 24 March 1990. Thirteen people died in the attack. Two UDF supporters were granted amnesty (AC/2000/041).
Was shot dead when IFP supporters opened fire on ANC supporters attending a cultural ceremony at Iniwe, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, on 28 November 1993. Eight people, including two children, were killed in the incident.
Was shot dead on 28 November 1993 when IFP supporters opened fire on ANC supporters attending a cultural ceremony at Iniwe, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal. Eight people, including two children, were killed in the incident.
Was severely injured when members of the Orde Boerevolk opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and twenty seven were injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to ...
Was shot dead by SAP members in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 11 August 1976, after the Soweto uprising had spread to Cape Town. Mr Lutya was one of at least twenty people shot dead that day.
Her house was burnt down on 16 February 1993 in a dawn attack on the ANC stronghold of Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban. Ten people were killed and thirty five houses were burnt down in political conflict between ANC and IFP supporters over access to resources.
Was shot and injured by a named member of extremist right-wing group, the Wit Wolwe, at Strydom Square in Pretoria, on 15 November 1998. Armed with a 9mm parabellum and 300 rounds of ammunition, the perpetrator fired randomly at black people, killing seven and injuring 15, two of whom are ...
General secretary of the Tembisa Residents Association and secretary of the Black People`s Convention who was arrested in Tembisa, Transvaal, in June 1986 under emergency regulations and held until 1988. During this time he was tortured and served with a restriction order on release.
Was one of four people shot dead by named perpetrators in an ambush in Phola Park, Tokoza, Transvaal, on 10 October 1992. Among the dead was well-known Phola Park community leader, Prince Mhlambi. The Goldstone commission later implicated a police informer in a disinformation campaign against the ...
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 sixty six people were injured. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the planning and execution of the ...
A South African teaching in Botswana who was shot dead on 14 June 1985 in a cross-border attack launched by the SADF Special Forces, together with the Security Branch, on ANC offices and houses in Gaborone, Botswana. His six-year-old nephew, a citizen of Lesotho, who was staying with him at the ...
He died when he was assaulted and burnt to death in his home by a large crowd of the residents on 2 February 1990 in the Tshino Village, Venda. A meeting held by local youth resolved to kill people suspected of engaging in witchcraft and collaborating with the Venda government. Two ANC supporters ...
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Robertson, Cape, on 11 April 1990. Police fired teargas into a crowded hall where residents were meeting. Over one hundred people were treated for injuries relating to the subsequent stampede and shootings.
An ANC member from KwaZakele, Port Elizabeth, who was injured in an explosion in Lesotho, on 5 July 1979, when a parcel containing an explosive device was opened. Five other people were injured in the incident. His brother, Tobekile, was later killed by the Security Branch.
Was injured when a hand grenade thrown by foreign soldiers working under the auspices of the SADF exploded in a packed shebeen in Lulekani, Gazankulu, on 28 March 1986. Many died in the attack, including Mr Mabunda`s brother, and several people were injured. See Gazankulu hand grenade attack.
Was killed in a hand grenade attack by foreign soldiers working under the auspices of the SADF in a packed shebeen in Lulekani, Gazankulu, on 28 March 1986. Many died in the attack, and several people were injured. See Gazankulu hand grenade attack.
An ANC supporter who was shot dead on 18 January 1988 when a group of Inkatha supporters, including some Caprivi trainees, opened fire on a UDF meeting in a house at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban. Nine people were killed and an estimated two hundred people were injured. The group went on to ...
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 ...
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