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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 in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 21 April 1993 by people who accused him of being an informer. Sebokeng was tense following numerous clashes between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents.
His car was set alight and his house looted by Inkatha supporters during intense political violence in Woodyglen, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 11 February 1990, the same day Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Ten people were killed in the fighting which lasted for a week. A former IFP ...
Was one of eight people shot dead by ANC supporters in ongoing political conflict at Mpusheni Reserve, Natal, on 18 August 1992. One ANC supporter was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0219).
An ANC supporter who was shot dead 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 down. ...
A UDF supporter whose house was looted and set alight 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 ...
Was shot dead on 5 February 1992 at Folweni, KwaZulu, near Umlazi, Durban, when armed men in two minibuses opened fire on ANC supporters, killing three people at a home and three schoolchildren on their way to school.
Was injured when a hand grenade detonated by an MK operative exploded in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 27 November 1992. MK and APLA members who had returned from exile were training members of the community to defend themselves against alleged IFP and security forces attacks. The perpetrator allegedly ...
Was shot and injured during political conflict in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in March 1993. At least eighteen people were killed in political violence in Bhambayi this month. Seventy five homes were burnt down.
Was shot in the face and injured by members of the SAP in Mossel Bay, Cape, on 13 July 1993, during conflict between protesting residents and the town council. Two people were killed and several injured in the clash.
The Secretary-General of the Johannesburg-North ANC who was killed when AWB members detonated a car bomb in Bree Street, Johannesburg on 24 April 1994 in an effort to disrupt the electoral process. Seven people were killed and thirteen injured in the blast. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty ...
He suffered severe ill-treatment and 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 ...
A SANCO member who was assaulted with sjamboks and rifle-butts 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 ...
Was shot and seriously injured 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 severely beaten by named vigilantes mobilised by the local community councillors and police in Philipstown, Cape, in October 1985. She was one of several people assaulted that day by the vigilantes who attacked the property of people suspected of involvement in arson attacks on the property of ...
Was shot and severely injured in Daveyton, Transvaal, on 24 March 1991 when members of the SAP opened fire on residents who had gathered to defend themselves against a rumoured IFP march. Twelve people were killed and at least thirty three injured in the attack. Mr Khave was detained a fortnight ...
An ANC supporter whose house in KwaMashu, Durban, was petrol bombed in April 1994 in intense conflict between IFP and ANC supporters during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. More than fifteen people died in KwaMashu over a two-week period. About three thousand residents were forced to flee ...
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 killed when a bomb, planted by AWB members, exploded at a taxi rank on the corner of Odendaal and Victoria Streets in Germiston, Transvaak, on 25 April 1994. Ten people were killed and nine were injured in the blast. Four perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See right-wing attacks.
An ANC supporter who was shot and severely injured by an IFP supporter in Empangeni, Natal, on 23 February 1994 during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. Nine people were killed in the KwaMthethwa and Enseleni areas near Empangeni that month.
An IFP supporter who was shot dead when members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) opened fire on IFP supporters on their way to a meeting at the Tokoza stadium on the East Rand, Transvaal on 8 September 1991. Sixteen people were killed and ten were injured in the attack. One SDU member was granted ...
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