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AmaButho (KwaZulu/Natal)

Explanation
Inkatha and IFP supporters organised into a 'community guard force' made up of Inkatha or IFP supporters, controlled by local indunas and active in areas around KwaZulu/Natal, particularly during the late 1980s and early 1990s

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An ANC supporter who was abducted from his home in Estcourt, Natal, by AmaButho members, and was found dead in the veld on 8 May 1992.
Was burnt to death by members of the UDF-supporting AmaButho during protests in Port Elizabeth, on 30 April 1986.
A UDF supporter who was severely beaten when Inkatha supporters and AmaButho members attacked attacked his family in KwaMashu, Durban, on 24 May 1986. His father was killed in the attack.
Was stabbed by named Inkatha supporters in Umlazi, Durban, on 31 March 1990, allegedly because he did not side with the AmaButho. Mr Shozi was attacked and injured again by IFP supporters on 22 July 1990.
Was shot and injured by Inkatha supporters in KwaMashu, Durban, in 1986 in violent conflict between pupils and AmaButho members over school boycotts. IFP members were allegedly patrolling the township in open trucks and attacking school pupils, when Mr Tabete was shot.
Was severely injured when the truck he was driving was set alight by the UDF-supporting AmaButho in Zwide, Port Elizabeth, on 13 October 1985, during protests in the area. He died four days later in hospital.
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