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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 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 two hundred and seventeen were injured. The overall commander of MK`s Special Operations Unit and two ...
A member of the SAP who was injured when a car bomb, planted by MK operatives, exploded outside the NBS building in Witbank, Transvaal, on 24 October 1988. The building was used for commercial purposes, but also housed the Witbank Security Branch offices. Three people were killed and over twenty ...
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 two hundred and seventeen were injured. The overall commander of MK`s Special Operations Unit and two ...
An ANC supporter who had his house in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, burnt down by IFP supporters in December 1993. Nine people were killed in several violent incidents in that month in Bhambayi.
An IFP supporter who was killed when unidentified people threw a grenade into a crowd at the launch of an IFP branch in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 8 August 1993. Seven people, including a policeman, died in the attack.
A Lesotho citizen who was shot dead by Vlakplaas operatives during a raid on two houses in Maseru, Lesotho, on 19 December 1985. Nine people were killed in the raid. Three of them were citizens of Lesotho. Seven operatives, including the deputy commander of Security Branch Headquarters, the ...
A member of a self-defence unit (SDU) who was shot dead by members of the SAP in Daveyton, Transvaal, on 1 August 1993. Conflict on the East Rand between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers supported by the SAP and ANC-supporting residents spread to Daveyton by the end of July 1993. Approximately thirty ...
An ANC supporter who had her home burnt down by ANC supporters in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 9 February 1992. Conflict between IFP and ANC supporters engulfed several Transvaal townships in the early 1990s and led to hundreds of people being killed and scores losing their homes.
An ANC supporter who was severely beaten by Bophuthatswana Police members on her way to attend an ANC rally in Rustenburg, Transvaal, during 1992. Police stopped the bus several times along the journey to Phokeng and then ordered people out. They were then assaulted with fists and rifle butts.
Was killed in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven people seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209).
Was beaten with gun butts by members of the SAP in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, during a night vigil for her son in July 1986 during the state of emergency. She was struck several times on her back and knees when police broke up the meeting by kicking and breaking the coffin, scattering food ...
Was stabbed to death in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven people seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three applications were refused ...
Was assaulted and injured in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven people seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three applications were refused ...
Was injured and suffered damage to property in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven people seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three ...
Was injured in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven people seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209).
Was one of eighteen people injured in a limpet mine explosion at a bus stop near the Checkers shopping complex in Silverton, Transvaal, on 4 July 1986. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1999/0257).
Was injured when AWB members detonated a pipe bomb at a taxi rank on the corner of Third and Park Streets in Randfontein, Transvaal, on 25 April 1994, in an effort to disrupt the electoral process. Six people were injured in the blast. Six AWB members were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See ...
Was injured and suffered damage to property in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three applications were ...
Was strangled by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, on 18 October 1989. Mr Lehphadi was the legal representative for people involved in an attempted coup against the former Bophuthatswana government.
Was killed in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven people seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209).
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