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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 kicked, punched and beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Police at City Rocks Stadium, Winterveld, Bophuthatswana, on 26 March 1986. Ms Nkabinde was taking part in a mass protest against police brutality. 11 people were killed and 200 injured in the City Rocks shooting when police opened ...
An ANC supporter who was shot dead in Swanieville, near Krugersdorp, Transvaal, on 12 May 1991 by IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers retaliating against an attack by ANC-supporting residents. Approximately one hundred and fifteen shacks were set alight, twenty seven people were killed and twenty five ...
An ANC supporter who was stabbed and burnt in Swanieville, near Krugersdorp, Tvl, on 12 May 1991 by IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers retaliating against an attack by ANC supporting residents. Approximately one hundred and fifteen shacks were set alight, twenty seven people were killed and twenty five ...
Was one of six people abducted and interrogated by ANC self-defence unit (SDU) members near Port St Johns, Transkei, on 20 April 1994, shortly before the April 1994 elections. Mr Nkanyezi and three others were then shot dead. The remaining two survived the shooting. The SDU members believed that ...
An employee of Rand Water who was shot dead by members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) while he was travelling in a taxi past the informal settlement of Phola Park in Tokoza, Tvl, on 26 February 1992. Four people died and eight were injured. One SDU member was granted amnesty for the attack on ...
An employee of Rand Water who was shot and injured by members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) while he was travelling in a taxi past the informal settlement of Phola Park in Tokoza, Tvl, on 26 February 1992. Four people died and eight were injured. One SDU member was granted amnesty for the ...
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 74 other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128).
He lost his vegetable stall in an arson attack by a named perpetrator in Maelulu village, Venda, in 1984. Mr Muenda was a supporter of the Venda Independent People`s Party which opposed the Venda National Party.
Was injured when about ten men opened fire in Ivory Park, Tembisa, Transvaal, on 14 August 1992. Five people died and eight others were injured in the attack. The attack was an attempt to end a community boycott of taxis. Taxi operators were IFP supporters and members of the SAP reportedly colluded ...
An ANC supporter who was attacked by a group of people and stabbed to death by a named Inkatha supporter at Nhlalakahle, Greytown, Natal, on 4 October 1987 in intensifying political conflict in the area.
Was shot dead on 29 July 1986 when an MK unit attacked the Madeira police station, in Umtata, Transkei. At least eight people were killed in the attack, including policemen, civilians and one of the MK operatives. One MK operative applied for and was granted amnesty (AC/2000/240).
An ANC supporter who was shot dead by members of the SAP at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 30 December 1988, when police opened fire on violent conflict between UDF and Inkatha supporters in the area. Twelve houses were burnt down in the conflict, and two people died when police opened fire.
A Venda Independence People`s Party supporter who was injured when he and his friends were attacked with stones by a group of boys in 1970 in Louis Trichardt, Tvl, during conflict over incorporation into Venda.
Was burnt to death and his house set alight by a group of community residents in Venda on 10 March 1990. Nine people were killed and 11 houses burnt down in attacks on people accused of practising witchcraft to impede the community`s campaign for re-incorporation of the homeland into South Africa. ...
An ANC member from Leslie, Transvaal, who was shot dead on 14 June 1985 in a cross-border attack launched by the SADF Special Forces together with the Security Branch on ANC offices and houses in Gaborone, Botswana. Twelve people were killed in the operation and six were wounded, including his wife ...
Was killed in a limpet-mine attack on the home of a well-known IFP leader in the Umbumbulu area, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 26 October 1991. The attack, which took place during a wedding ceremony, is thought to have been carried out by an ANC member. Six people were killed.
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.
An ANC supporter who was shot and injured by members of the CDF in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and 200 people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the ...
An ANC member who was shot by members of the CDF in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and 200 people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were ...
Was shot dead, allegedly by IFP supporters, in Zonkesizwe informal settlement near Vosloorus, Tvl, on 19 April 1993 when the vehicle he was travelling in was attacked while returning from the funeral of SACP leader Chris Hani. Two people died in the attack and three were injured.
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