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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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Cradock, Day 2 (10 February 1996)

CRADOCK NOZITHANDISO OLGA SIZILA

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Cradock, Day 3 (12 February 1997)

CRADOCK ZEZEYI LIZZIE SEPTEMBER

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Cradock, Day 3 (12 February 1997)

CRADOCK HENRY TEMBEKILE QATANA

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Cradock, Day 1 (10 February 1996)

CRADOCK VELILE WILLIE RAMNCWANA

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Amnesty Hearing, East London (06 April 1999)

... was traditionally the cradle of black radicalism. Certain areas in the Eastern Cape, namely East London, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Queenstown and Cradock, were known since the '50's for a radical and even violent political actions. Certain families who traditionally had an important influence ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Alexandra (29 October 1996)

... by those comrades who were mandated, unfortunately I was not part of them because at that time the police were looking for me for a trial in Cradock so I had to be very careful. I used to come in during the night in Alexandra and speak to the comrades and leave and they would do the rest ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 1 (22 June 1998)

In Cradock, we see the massacres in Uitenhage and so on. The state of emergency which worsened things, this was the situation where the Police had taken a back seat and the Army was now running our lives in the township.

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Amnesty Hearing, East London, Day 3 (25 March 1999)

... murder by one bullet, with respect, or murder by a prolonged or sustained assault is another thing. We've heard evidence in other hearings, in the Cradock matter, where people were over a period of time tortured. I'm not saying Mr Smit was tortured to that extent, but there are degrees of ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 2 (27 July 1999)

Other 1985 events are the PEBCO 3 and the CRADOCK 4 abductions and murders, the two excruciating states of emergencies and the last of which lasted until the dawn of the new democratic era in 1989. Even the white business community inside South Africa secretly defied the apartheid bulldog regime ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Queenstown, Day 2 (23 July 1996)

Then he had gone away to enjoy his New Year's day somewhere, he went with his sister in Cradock. After New Year's day, on a Wednesday they came back. Then on Friday, that very same week he was shot at.

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Worcester, Day 1 (24 June 1996)

We were coming from the funeral we burying Galata Goniwe and the others, it was in the morning when we came back from Cradock. The - there were uprisings and there was instability in our location. We would see the cars, police cars going up and down the streets, but we were not much bothered ...

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Special Hearing, Cape Town (23 July 1997)

... the Monday morning. I went to Cape Town where I stayed while deciding how best toproceed. I left for Johannesburg going via Knysna, Port Elizabeth,Cradock before joining up with a young hitchhiker who had justbeen released from jail for car theft when I reached Colesburg. In Johannesburg it ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Grahamstown, Day 1 (07 April 1997)

MR E G MENZI: No, I was just a member of this Cradock organisation.

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Bisho, Day 2 (10 September 1996)

Good day Nomfaneleko. You were from Queenstown when you came to the march, is that correct? --- No my home is in Cradock. I am in Queenstown now. I was in Queenstown then.

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Decision (28 July 1998)

c) the unlawful possession of explosives during the period July 1993 to 13 September 1993, which explosives are described in the Regional Court, Cradock, charge sheet under case number 4/1971/93.

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, East London, Day 1 (09 June 1997)

... East London however, even though that hearing was in East London, it covered the entire Eastern Cape Province. In that hearing we had people from Cradock, people from Port Elizabeth, the Messeshase’s and the others, people from Transkei like Mr Kati. Even though it was in East London, it ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Duncan Village, Day 1 (23 September 1996)

What made things very serious here in Duncan Village was the Cradock massacre where there was also the killing of the Mtenge family which also made the people to be more disturbed.

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 2 (19 January 1999)

MR NYOKA: You found out that the deceased unfortunately was helping the ANC about the Cradock 4, what did you feel about that at the time, after discovering that the victim was actually your ally?

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Amnesty Hearing, Ermelo, Day 6 (27 July 1998)

People from this area can go to Port Elizabeth and say I don't care if my matter is irrelevant to this hearing, but those people who died in the Cradock 4 incident, in that hearing I want to tell you what happened in Ermelo. Can it really be that way?

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Amnesty Hearing, East London, Day 5 (03 April 1998)

But it is not, but that is the closest thing I can refer you to. So, right, two weeks before that, we were all at the Bahai Centre, all of us from you know, Bahai's from King William's Town, East London, I think even Cradock, there were a whole lot of people who were there.

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