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AmaButho (KwaZulu/Natal)

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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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He had his home in KwaMashu, Durban, burnt down on 22 May 1986 in violent conflict between pupils and AmaButho members over school boycotts. Six AmaButho members were killed in the conflict. Five youths were killed in a counter-attack carried out by about 2000 Amabutho members.
An AmaButho supporter who was detained and assaulted with knobkerries on 8 June 1986 in Fort Glamorgan prison, East London. See AmaButho (Eastern Cape).
A member of the UDF-supporting AmaButho who was handcuffed, suffocated and beaten by members of the SAP while in detention in Sanlam Building, Strand Street, Port Elizabeth in April 1980. Mr Mhlanga was arrested for throwing petrol bombs at the police, and charged with Intimidation Act 56. He was ...
An ANC supporter who had her house burnt down by IFP-supporting AmaButho members, allegedly assisted by members of the Security Branch, at Enkanini, KwaZulu, near Eshowe, Natal, on 26 December 1990. Her husband, who was an ANCYL chairperson, had quarreled with the induna, who then instructed the ...
Was beaten to death with iron bars by members of the UDF-supporting AmaButho on a soccer field at Fingo Village, Grahamstown, Cape, on 6 March 1983. Bete's brother was a member of the SAP. See AmaButho.
A member of the UDF-supporting AmaButho who was shot by members of the SAP while he was mobilising support for the UDF in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 23 March 1985. See AmaButho.
An ANC member who was burnt to death by UDF-supporting AmaButho members in Xolani, Grahamstown, Cape, on 23 September 1984, allegedly because he was suspected of being a state collaborator. See AmaButho Eastern Cape.
A UDF supporter who was abducted from his home at Inanda, New Town, Durban, and stabbed to death on 17 September 1988 by AmaButho members. This took place during a terror campaign to force residents to pay the gang a R5 self-defence fee.
A UDF supporter who was shot dead by IFP-supporting AmaButho members at a memorial service for slain UDF leader, Victoria Mxenge, on 8 August 1985 in Umlazi, Durban. Seventeen people were killed and twenty injured in the attack. See Victoria Mxenge memorial service attack.
A member of the UDF-supporting AmaButho who was shot dead by members of the SADF in Port Elizabeth on 24 May 1985 during political conflict.
An ANC supporter who had her home burnt down by AmaButho and SAP members on 10 December 1989 in Ohlange, Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban.
Was abducted by AmaButho members and other Inkatha supporters on her way to school in Lindelani, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 16 March 1987, and has not been seen again. Ms Maseko is presumed to be one of seven youths whose bodies were found at a named pro-Inkatha vigilante`s home.
She lost her house when it was burnt down by Inkatha supporters and AmaButho members during political conflict in KwaMashu, Durban, on 24 September 1985.
An ANC supporter who was shot dead by AmaButho members in Murchison, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 27 April 1992. One other person was killed in the attack, and a child aged seven was shot and injured.
She had her home destroyed in a petrol bomb attack by members of the UDF-supporting AmaButho in Port Elizabeth in 1986.
He survived a shooting by members of the UDF-supporting Amabutho in Grahamstown, Cape, on 31 December 1985. Mr Bete’s car was burnt in the attack. His brother was a member of the SAP.
An IFP supporter who was shot and injured and had her house damaged in an attack by ANC supporters in Murchison, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 31 March 1992. Ms Dladla’s husband commanded a group of AmaButho vigilantes helping the IFP regain control of the area.
... to death by UDF supporters at Umlazi, Durban, on 29 September 1985, in intensifying political conflict in the area. Mr Hlela was branded as ‘AmaButho’ because he had gone to work in his traditional attire for a Shaka’s Day celebration. See AmaButho. ...
A UDF supporter who was shot and stabbed to death when Inkatha supporters and AmaButho members attacked his family on 24 May 1986 in KwaMashu, Durban, in intensifying conflict in the area. Mr Phungula’s son was severely beaten in the attack.
A UDF supporter who was assaulted and seriously injured by AmaButho members who attacked the memorial service for UDF leader Victoria Mxenge in the Umlazi Cinema at Umlazi, Durban, on 8 August 1985. Seventeen people were killed and twenty were injured in the attack.
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