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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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 2 (30 September 1997)

ADV BOOYENS: Cradock is also in the Eastern Cape, although

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Decision

The incident that has become known as the abduction and murder of the Pebco Three near Cradock in 1985.

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Submission (01 August 1996)

... "death signal" dated 07/06/85 sent to the SSC from the head of the Eastern Cape JMC, "Joffel" van der Westhuizen, recommending the murders of the "Cradock Four" - Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkhonto, Fort Calata and Sicelo ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Karoo, Day 1 (07 October 1996)

to go home. When I arrived at home on that day, there were many policemen in the township. When I got there - there were my sisters children from Cradock who were staying with ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Lusikisiki, Day 3 (26 March 1997)

We have been having hearings in the cities, even the Cradock which we called a rural hearing was in a city, it is the first time that we have come into close contact with the living conditions of the majority of our people.

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Amnesty Hearing, Johannesburg, Day 1 (08 June 1998)

... of whites by AZAPO and UDF on the other hand felt that the white people might be of help in the struggle but this then spread because of the Cradock 4 who disappeared. There were now accusations that the, the conflict started just there until the conflict spread to Gauteng in early ...

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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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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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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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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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Amnesty Hearing, Johannesburg, Day 2 (21 April 1998)

Some of them were accused of the murder of the CRADOCK 4, then it spread until it reached Transvaal. In my area in particular it was not rife. So what has happened, in the area like Dlamini in Soweto and Zola and Mundene, Naledi, those were the areas which were affected mainly. As members of ...

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