NGQWALA, Zamikhaya Shadrack

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Was stabbed and killed by IFP supporters in Alexandra, Johannesburg, in March 1991 after the Alexandra Civic Organisation (ACO) launched a campaign urging town councillors to resign. Many councillors joined the IFP and then informed hostel-dwellers that the ACO intended to demolish hostels sparking conflict between mainly ANC-supporting residents and IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers. During March 1991, seventy people were killed and many others were injured.