SHEMANE, Joseph

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Was killed when a hand grenade was thrown by members of the SADF’s 113 Batalion into a shebeen in Lulekani, Phalaborwa, Gazankulu on 2 March 1986. The incident occurred during conflict between the Lulekani Youth Congress and soldiers based at Skiettocht Military Base. The soldiers were charged and appeared in court but nothing came of the case. See Gazankulu hand grenade attack.

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Transcript of episode 43, section 5, starting at: 23:48

For the families of the victims the pain has never stopped. // I want the government to help me, because it was the government’s agents who killed my son in the first place, it was not thugs, but government employees. Even the hand grenades that were used belonged to the government. // The way ...

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