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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 left disabled after being 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 two hundred people injured in what became known as the ...
Was shot and severely injured while travelling in a taxi when gunmen opened fire on it from another taxi near Springs, Transvaal, on 21 September 1992, during ongoing political conflict in the area. Six people died and two were injured in the incident. Mr Hlatswayo suffered permanent damage to his ...
Was shot dead by IFP supporters in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 18 April 1993. Ms Hlalele was one of five people killed during a night vigil held for Chris Hani.
An ANC member who was shot in the arm 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 two hundred people injured in what became known as the Bisho massacre. Two ...
Was 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 attack ...
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Wattville, Benoni, Transvaal, on 1 May 1986 when police disrupted a May Day rally. Other people were also wounded in the incident.
Was 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 attack ...
Was 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 attack ...
Was shot and hacked to death by IFP supporters in Zonkesizwe, near Katlehong, Transvaal, on 29 November 1990. Shack settlements on the East Rand were embroiled in violent conflict with IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers which culminated in the killing of about one hundred people in Zonkesizwe in ...
Was present 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 attack ...
An ANC supporter who was shot dead and had his throat slit on 14 April 1993 in Mpophomeni, KwaZulu, near Howick, Natal. Rival ANC and IFP groupings allegedly burst into the house and attacked him and two friends after they had reported the death of an injured man. Twelve people were killed in ...
A UDF supporter who was shot and injured 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 two hundred people were injured in the attack. The group went on to ...
Was shot and injured by named security guards of the Regional Services Council in Elsies River, Cape Town, on 18 June 1992. He was participating in a sit-in aimed at highlighting community grievances. Numerous people were injured as police fired at the fleeing crowd.
Was injured 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 (AC/2000/209).
Was injured when two MK operatives detonated a bomb in a shopping centre in Amanzimtoti, near Durban, on 23 December 1985. This attack was perpetrated in retaliation for a South African security forces attack two weeks earlier on ANC members in Lesotho in which nine people had been killed. 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 ...
Was injured when a limpet mine exploded on a municipal bus in Gardiner Street, Durban, on 30 November 1993. At the time, the explosive was being conveyed by APLA operatives to an intended target. When it accidentally exploded, twelve people were killed, including one of the operatives. One APLA ...
Was killed in a limpet mine explosion at the Wild Coast Casino in Bizana, Transkei, on 18 April 1986. Two people were killed and several others injured in the explosion. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/99/0181 and AC/2000/240).
Was injured 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 (AC/2000/209).
Was injured 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 (AC/2000/209).
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