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A COSAS member who was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Nyanga, Cape Town, in May 1991, during a COSAS campaign highlighting their dissatisfaction with the Department of Education and Training.

Her house was burnt down by COSAS members and UDF supporters in Jansenville, Cape, during 1985. She was suspected of being a collaborator. One COSAS member and UDF supporter was granted amnesty for the incident (AC/1995/0240).

A COSAS member who was shot dead by members of the SAP in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 16 June 1986 during conflict between the police and COSAS members.

His house was destroyed in an arson attack by COSAS members and UDF supporters in Jansenville, Cape, on 14 December 1985. He was suspected of being a collaborator. One COSAS member and one UDF supporter were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0240).

He suffered damage to property in an attack by COSAS students in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 15 October 1988. He was not present at the time of the attack. One COSAS member was granted amnesty (AC/2000/208).

A COSAS member who was detained for six months by members of the SAP in Jouberton, Klerksdorp, Transvaal, on 29 November 1986 during a COSAS campaign for free and compulsory education and a boycott of Bantu education.

He suffered damage to property when his house was burnt by COSAS members and UDF supporters during political conflict in Jansenville, Cape, in 1985. He was suspected of being a collaborator. One COSAS member and UDF supporter was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0240).

A COSAS member who died after being hit by a teargas canister allegedly fired by a named member of the SAP in Rocklands, Bloemfontein, on 9 March 1985. He was returning from the funeral of his nephew, also a COSAS member, who had been killed by the police.

Was assaulted and abducted, together with one other person, by a group of COSAS students in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 15 October 1988. The two were allegedly state witnesses in trials against `comrades`. They escaped serious injury when the perpetrators were accosted by a police patrol. One COSAS ...

Was assaulted and abducted, together with one other person, by a group of COSAS students in Sebokeng, Tvl, on 15 October 1988. The two were allegedly state witnesses in trials against `comrades`. They escaped serious injury when the perpetrators were accosted by a police patrol. One COSAS member ...

A COSAS member who was shot dead by members of the SAP in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 18 March 1985. Police opened fire to disperse mourners attending a prayer service for a COSAS member who had allegedly been run down by a police vehicle.

A COSAS chairperson who was stabbed by unidentified employees of the Provincial Authority in Botshabelo, near Bloem-fontein, on 12 February 1993, allegedly after stoning a Provincial Authority vehicle. COSAS members were supporting retrenched workers of NEHAWU at the time.

Was stabbed and burnt to death by a large group of COSAS members and UDF supporters in Jansenville, Cape, on 14 December 1985. She was suspected of being a state witness in a public violence trial. One COSAS member and UDF supporter applied for and was granted amnesty for his role in the incident ...

A COSAS member who was killed by an explosive device detonated by named Vlakplaas operatives in a mine shaft in Kagiso, Transvaal, on 15 February 1982. He and three other COSAS members were led to believe they were to undergo training in the use of hand grenades, a ploy which was later used ...

A COSAS member who was detained and tortured by the SAP in Thabong, Welkom, OFS, on 4 July 1984. A student boycott was in place at the time. Following violent confrontations between police and students, police raided students` homes and detained several COSAS members.

A COSAS member who was killed by an explosive device detonated by named Vlakplaas operatives in a mine shaft in Kagiso, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, on 15 February 1982. He and three other COSAS members believed they were to be trained to use hand grenades, a ploy used later increasingly by security ...

... damage to her house in Tshehlewaneng village, Transvaal, during 1986, when it was petrol-bombed by two youth activists acting on the orders of COSAS. The intended target had been the house of the local headmaster who was believed to be an informer, but the wrong house was attacked. No one ...

A COSAS member who was shot dead by a named member of the Pan-African Students Organisation (PASO) in KwaThema, Transvaal, on 30 March 1994 during conflict between COSAS and PASO. The PASO member accused Mr Mhlanga of being a police spy.

A member of the SAP who was killed by a group of COSAS members and UDF supporters in Atteridgeville, Transvaal, on 19 April 1986. Mr Masinga was assaulted at his home with sticks and axes, then dragged to a nearby school where he was stoned, doused with petrol and set alight. Four COSAS members and ...

A member of COSAS who was severely injured when a booby-trapped hand grenade exploded in his hands on 25 June 1985. Eight COSAS members and at least seven others were severely injured in similar attacks at this time in the Transvaal. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the ...