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Bisho massacreExplanation The Bisho massacre 368 The incident commonly referred to as the Bisho massacre took place in September 1992 in Bisho, the capital of the then Ciskei. The months before the shootings had seen a marked increase in tension in the Ciskei, with numerous violent clashes between ANC supporters and ... ... during August 1992 – the month between the ANC’s peaceful ‘practice’ march to Bisho of 4 August and the march that resulted in the Bisho massacre of 7 September). The Bisho massacre thus took place against a background of increasing conflict between Ciskei authorities and ANC ... ... Mr Vakele Archibald Mkosana [AM4458/96] and from Mr Mzamile Thomas Gonya [AM7882/97]. 399 In reviewing the evidence on the events leading to the Bisho massacre on 7 September 1992, the Commission has made findings in respect of then Ciskei military ruler, Brigadier Oupa Gqozo, the CDF and the ... ... in the Concerned South Africans Group (COSAG). 175 Throughout its brief history, the ADM was involved in violent clashes with the ANC. After the Bisho massacre of September 1992, these clashes erupted into more overt warfare, with increasingly sophisticated weapons being used (see the Eastern ... family believed that a Mr Lumko and Nkoliseko Mrola were among those involved. A number of suspects were arrested and released soon after. 353 The Bisho massacre of 7 September 1992, which is dealt with below, seems to have set off an undeclared all-out war in Ciskei. A week after the massacre ... ... of the violence as a cover for attacking guerrillas and leading activists. Again, the worst of these attacks seem to have taken place after the Bisho massacre. 366 The home of Mr Fusante Stanley Roji [EC0487/96CCK], the father of the general secretary of the SACP in the Border region, Mr ... Xolo of KwaXolo near Margate, Chief B Shinga of KwaNdelu, near Umzumbe, and Chief E Molefe of Nqutu on the North Coast. 362 In 1992, following the Bisho massacre, the ANC stated its intention to march on Ulundi in support of its demand for free political activity. Chief Buthelezi responded by ... including a murder, was eventually disarmed and expelled by the MK Command. 404 Ciskei Defence Force troops opened fire on an ANC protest march in Bisho on 7 September 1992, killing twenty-nine ANC marchers and one of their own soldiers (see above and in Volume Three). After the massacre, ... ... between the United Democratic Movement (UDM) and Ama-Afrika featured prominently. g Bisho (9 - 22 September 1996). This hearing focused on the ‘Bisho massacre’. It was the first time that testimonies of victims and those of the alleged perpetrators were heard in the same hearing. Also, the ... ... November 1991 and by 1992 there was a low-scale war between Ciskei government supporters and ANC supporters which culminated in the September 1992 Bisho massacre. 155 The unit was eventually closed down in August 1991 when its operations had been exposed by CDF officers. The then Chief of the ... ... political parties and various different sectors of society. Investigative hearings were also conducted into events of particular significance - the Bisho massacre, the ‘Trojan Horse’ incident (in Athlone, Cape Town, on 15 October 1985), and others. Many more such hearings were proposed, but ... ... Pondoland Rebellion, in response to the imposition of the Bantu Authorities Act which prepared the way for the independent homelands. j The 1992 Bisho Massacre (which took place in response to an ANC national campaign for free political activity in the homelands). 17 Amnesty applications ... African government and the ANC for control over the still independent homeland territories — including the conflicts in Ciskei (including the 1992 Bisho massacre) between ANC supporters and Ciskei authorities; d violence following the assassination of ANC leader Chris Hani in April 1993; e ... up under Gqozo with SADF MI assistance, was involved in conflict with ANC members in the Border-Ciskei region, particularly after the September 1992 Bisho massacre. 33 International Researchers–Ciskei Intelligence Services, an intelligence organisation which operated out of Ciskei while being a ... ... Mnyazi and Mr Mluleki Izaac Qamani – were assaulted, killed and burnt near Dorrington township in violence that took place in the wake of the Bisho massacre of September 1992. The violence resulted in a state of emergency being declared for Fort Beaufort and other towns in the former ... ... Pondoland Rebellion, in response to the imposition of the Bantu Authorities Act which prepared the way for the independent homelands. j The 1992 Bisho Massacre, in response to an ANC national campaign for free political activity in the homelands. Special hearings 38 Special hearings sought ... |
