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LALI, Zwelitsha

Age 33

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An ANC supporter who was shot dead 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 were injured in what became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122).

Who was to blame for the slaughter in Bisho in September 1992? Two months ago the Truth Commission tried to establish this but key witnesses like Ciskei dictator Oupa Gqozo did not testify. The Truth Commission held a new session on Bisho this week to try and get closer to the truth. But the ...
Let’s move our attention to the Eastern Cape now where the Truth Commission had a special hearing. It was September 1992. Negotiations between the ruling National Party and the ANC were fully underway. Two homelands, Transkei and Venda, sided with the ANC, but Ciskei and Bophuthatswana were ...
 
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