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Cradock Four

Explanation
Four Eastern Cape UDF activists were abducted and assassinated by members of the security police on 27 June 1985 as they drove back to Cradock from a meeting in Port Elizabeth. The four were Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto and Fort Calata from Cradock, and Sicelo Mhlauli from Oudtshoorn. Before their deaths, all had been frequently detained, tortured and harassed by the police. Their deaths sparked a national outcry and resulted in street protests in many regions across the country.

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A CRADORA member who was detained during political unrest and tortured by members of the SAP while in police custody at the Cradock police station in Cradock, Cape, in 1987.
A UDF supporter who was beaten to death by members of the SAP while in detention at Steytlerville, Cape, on 5 July 1985 during political conflict in the area following the deaths of the Cradock Four. See Cradock Four.
A UDF activist, and one of the Cradock Four abducted by the Eastern Cape Security Branch while travelling to Cradock, on 27 June 1985. He was stabbed near Port Elizabeth, after which his body was burnt. Six Eastern Cape Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, were refused ...
A UDF activist who was one of the Cradock Four abducted by the Eastern Cape Security Branch while travelling to Cradock, on 27 June 1985. He was shot and stabbed near Port Elizabeth, after which his body was burnt. Six Eastern Cape Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, ...
An ANC supporter who was detained in November 1990 during protests in Cradock, Cape. While in detention, he was severely beaten by members of the SAP, led by a named sergeant, at the Cradock police station.
Was arrested, detained and tortured by named and other SAP members in Worcester, Cape, on 27 July 1985 during school boycotts following the deaths of the Cradock Four. See Cradock Four.
A COSAS member who was detained, tortured and assaulted by members of the Security Police in 1984 at Cradock, Cape. Police allegedly tried to force him to confess to a stone-throwing and petrol bomb incident in Cradock.
A Black Local Authority mayoress whose house was burnt down in Cradock, Cape, on 21 July 1985, in political unrest following the killing of the Cradock Four.
A member of the SAP who had his house in Mazosizwe Street, Cradock, Cape, burnt down by members of the Cradock Youth Association, in March 1985, allegedly in retaliation for the banning of the launch of CRADORA. One of his colleagues was burnt to death in the conflict. Others were also victims of ...
A UDF activist who was one of the Cradock Four abducted by the Eastern Cape Security Branch while travelling to Cradock, on 27 June 1985. He was stabbed near Port Elizabeth, after which his body was burnt. Six Eastern Cape Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, were refused ...
A UDF supporter who was strangled and shot to death by members of the SAP at KwaTeyisi farm in Cradock, Cape, on 26 August 1986 while on his way to the funeral of a political activist in Lingelihle township, Cradock, Cape.
A member of the SAP who was burnt to death by members of the Cradock Youth Association in March 1985 in Cradock, Cape, allegedly in retaliation for a police ban on the launch of CRADORA. Youths also burnt down the houses of policemen on the same day.
Was one of the `Cradock Four` abducted by the Eastern Cape Security Branch on 27 June 1985 while travelling to Cradock. Mkhonto was a UDF activist. He was shot and stabbed near Port Elizabeth, after which his body was burnt. Six Eastern Cape Security Branch operatives, including the divisional ...
A member of the Cradock Youth Association who was sentenced to eight years` imprisonment in January 1987 at Cradock, Cape, on a charge of killing a policeman during the political conflict of 1985.
A Cradock Youth Congress activist who was repeatedly detained and assaulted by members of the Security Branch in Cradock, Cape, during rent boycotts from November 1985. The repeated arrests led community members to suspect him of becoming an informer.
A UDF supporter who was shot and injured by members of the SAP on 16 July 1985 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape, in political unrest and conflict following the killing of the Cradock Four. See Cradock Four.
Was burnt and later died when his home was petrol-bombed by unidentified persons in Cradock, Cape, on 18 June 1985. His home was allegedly attacked because of his father`s involvement in the UDF.
A UDF supporter who was shot in the hand by a named member of the SAP during unrest in Cradock, Cape, on 29 November 1986.
A member of the BPC who was tortured with electric shocks by named members of the SAP in Cradock, Cape, during 1977, allegedly in an attempt to force him to admit to his involvement in arson attacks on the labour bureau building and schools in the area.
An ANC member who was imprisoned on Robben Island from 1963 to 1977, and was subsequently detained and tortured on several occasions between 1977 and 1989 in Port Elizabeth and Cradock, Cape.
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