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Guguletu Seven

Explanation
On 3 March 1986 seven men aged between 16 and 23 were shot dead in a field at Guguletu, Cape Town. Police claimed that the victims were known 'terrorists' and had been killed during a legitimate anti-terrorist operation. A magistrate at two inquests made the same finding. The Commission's investigation into the incident revealed an extensive cover-up by the security forces involved in the incident. Security Branch members from Cape Town and Vlakplaas infiltrated askaris into a group of seven activists, planned an ambush of police personnel to lure the youths into a trap, then killed them. Two Security Branch members from Vlakplaas were granted amnesty.

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Was killed by members of the SAP during political conflict in Guguletu, Cape Town, in 1978.
Was shot by members of the security forces in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 11 August 1976, while watching students burn a liquor store after the Soweto uprising had spread to Cape Town. His right leg was amputated as a result of the injury. Mr Vumazonke later went into exile. See Soweto uprising.
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP who opened fire on PAC members and bystanders outside a PAC meeting in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 6 January 1994. A young boy was shot dead and several others injured in the shooting.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 28 August 1985, on the day of the Pollsmoor march. He was one of nine people shot dead by police that day, after attempts by police to prevent the march sparked wider unrest.
Her home in KTC, near Guguletu, Cape Town, was destroyed on 10 June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by Witdoeke vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. Over sixty people died and twenty thousand homes were destroyed in the ...
A church minister and trade unionist who lost his home in a petrol bomb attack in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 17 October 1979. Reverend Marawu had endured ongoing police harassment because of his political activity and had received telephonic death threats shortly before the attack.
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 11 August 1976, after the Soweto uprising erupted in Cape Town. Mr Maqekeza was returning from his job as a chef when he was shot. Over 20 people were killed that day during extensive unrest.
Was shot and injured by named members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 13 September 1990. Two of his colleagues were killed and another injured in the shooting. Mr Magwayi was a taxi operator but the police shot at the vehicle alleging that they were terrorists.
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in 1976, after which his house was petrol-bombed, allegedly by the SAP, in Guguletu, Cape Town, during 1979. Mr Marawu`s father was a prominent political activist who had received death threats before the attack.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 28 August 1985, on the day of the Pollsmoor march. He was one of nine people shot dead by police that day.
A church altar boy who was one of two youths shot dead by members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 25 October 1980, after his mother sent him to the shop. Police opened fire on unruly crowds celebrating the defeat of Gerrie Coetzee, a white South African boxer, by Mike Weaver, an ...
A BCM member who was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 11 August 1976. His left arm was amputated as a result of the shooting.
A political activist who was reported dead by members of the SAP after he was detained at Guguletu police station, Cape Town, on 20 January 1979. Police claimed that he committed suicide by hanging himself with his shoestring.
... his home in New Crossroads, Cape Town, on 31 December 1985. Mr Madlavu was arrested in April 1986 and severely beaten by members of the SAP at the Guguletu police station. He was charged with the murder of two vigilantes but was later ...
Was shot and blinded in one eye by members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, after the Soweto uprising in 1976. See Soweto uprising.
... on mourners attending the funeral of an unrest victim in Zweletemba, Worcester, Cape, in August 1985. Mr Jacobs was shot dead on 7 August 1987 in Guguletu, Cape Town, when an unidentified perpetrator in a vehicle opened fire on Mr Jacobs and his ...
Was shot and blinded in one eye by named members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 28 August 1985, in widespread unrest on the day of the Pollsmoor march.
Was severely beaten by members of the SAP who burst into her home while on patrol in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 2 October 1985. She was sjambokked, together with her sister and her grandmother.
Was shot dead by SAP members in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 11 August 1976, after the Soweto uprising had spread to Cape Town. Mr Lutya was one of at least twenty people shot dead that day.
A railway employee collecting garbage near a railway station who was severely beaten and stabbed by a group of PAC-supporting students in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 25 August 1993. An American student was killed later the same day in similar circumstances.
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