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Special Report Transcript Episode 47, Section 4, Time 19:42The year is 1993. South Africa was on the eve of a remarkable negotiated settlement. One area was clinging steadfastly to the old order, Lucas Mangope’s homeland of Bophuthatswana. The people of the homeland mobilized for their freedom but Mangope’s security forces did not let go easily. At the Truth Commission’s human rights violations hearing in Northwest Province this past week Solly Bokaba, a student leader at the time, told about the savage attack on him by former Bop policemen. Notes: Max du Preez References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC VictimsA student leader who was severely beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, on 7 May 1993 at a protest against the Mangope government at the University of Botswana. |