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people's war

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a popular national rebellion of both trained soldiers and ordinary civilians during the mid- to late 80s. The strategy, promoted by the ANC, involved integrating armed MK combatants with mass organisations inside South African townships, and rendering the townships ungovernable through attacks on the security forces and other representatives of the state.

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Was shot dead on January 1987 in the Kwamakhutha massacre at KwaMakhutha, Amanzimtoti, near Durban. Thirteen people were killed, including eight children, in an attack carried out by Inkatha supporters. Two former Inkatha members were granted amnesty for their role in planning the attack ...
An ANC supporter who was shot and killed by a group of IFP supporters at Ndlovu’s Kraal, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 7 March 1992, in ongoing political conflict in the area. Eight people died and five were injured in the attack. One perpetrator serving a prison sentence was refused ...
Was shot and injured by IFP aligned ‘Khetisi Kheswa’ gang members on 12 January 1991 in Sebokeng, Transvaal, at the night vigil of an ANCYL member killed by the gang. Gang members threw hand grenades and fired at mourners, killing a number of people and injuring several others. Police ...
An ANC supporter who was shot dead by IFP-aligned ‘Khetisi Kheswa’ gang members on 12 January 1991 in Sebokeng, Transvaal, at the night vigil of an ANCYL member killed by the gang. Gang members threw hand grenades and fired at mourners, killing a number of people and injuring several ...
Was shot dead by IFP-aligned ‘Khetisi Kheswa’ gang members on 12 January 1991 in Sebokeng, Transvaal, at the night vigil of an ANCYL member killed by the gang. Gang members threw hand grenades and fired at mourners, killing a number of people and injuring several others. Police arrived ...
Was shot and injured when APLA operatives threw hand grenades at and opened fire on the congregation of St James’ Church, Kenilworth, Cape Town, on 25 July 1993. Eleven people were killed and fifty eight wounded in the attack. Three of four APLA members were granted amnesty for the attack. ...
Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen injured. The overall commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit and ...
Was shot dead by members of the Khumalo gang in Tokoza, Transvaal, in 1993. Reverend Mbhekisini Khumalo’s IFP-aligned vigilante gang based in Tokoza was a significant participant in the conflict on the East Rand and was allegedly involved in the murder of key political leaders in Tokoza. The ...
Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street , Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen were injured. The overall commander of M K ’s Special Operations ...
A civilian who was injured when APLA operatives attacked members and guests at the King William’s Town Golf Club, Cape, on 28 November 1992. Four people were killed and seventeen were injured in the attack. Four APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/182). See APLA attacks.
A civilian who was injured when APLA operatives attacked members and guests at the King William’s Town Golf Club, Cape, on 28 November 1992. Four people were killed and seventeen were injured in the attack. Four APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/182). See APLA attacks.
Was shot dead by IFP supporters in his home in Sharpeville, Vereeniging, Transvaal, on 19 April 1992, along with other family members. The perpetrators raped three women before killing a total of seven people. The home was attacked because the Lefheidi family were ANC supporters. Wesi’s ...
Was severely injured when a limpet mine, planted by An MK operative who from the ‘Dolphin Unit’, exploded at the entrance to the Department of Foreign Affairs building in Johannesburg on 15 December 1983. Seven people were injured. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003).
Was burnt to death and his house was set alight by a group of the community residents in Venda on 10 March 1990. Nine people were killed and eleven houses burnt down in attacks on people accused of practising witchcraft to impede the community’s campaign for re-incorporation of the homeland ...
Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen were injured. The overall commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit ...
A SAYCO member who was severely beaten by members of the Ciskei Police on 16 June 1986 in Mdantsane, Ciskei. He was forced to divulge information about the people who had killed two policemen. He was then charged with public violence, convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.
Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen injured. The overall commander of M K ’s Special Operations Unit and ...
Was injured in what became known as the Magoo’s Bar Bombing in Durban on 14 June 1986. The explosion killed three women and injured at least seventy four other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128).
Was shot and injured when APLA operatives threw hand grenades at and opened fire on the congregation of St James’ Church, Kenilworth, Cape Town, on 25 July 1993. Eleven people were killed and fifty eight wounded in the attack. Three of four APLA members were granted amnesty for the attack. ...
Was killed when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen injured. The overall commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit and two ...
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