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Special Report Transcript Episode 49, Section 2, Time 02:01‘Sudden Death: The Trojan Horse Killings, Report by Rene Schiebe’ // October 1985, the height of the school boycott and the UDF’s growing anti apartheid resistance here in Athlone on the Cape Flats. Clashes between police and protestors are now a daily occurrence. Finally on the 15th of October 1985, the police hit back with a vengeance. This time, they go into Athlone in an unmarked railway truck hidden in wooden crates on the back of the truck. At first it attracts little attention, but it drives up the road again expecting trouble. Notes: Footage of Trojan Horse attack; Anti apartheid resistance in Athlone; Aftermath of Trojan Horse attack References select each tab to search for references GlossarySchool boycotts originated in the Western Cape in April 1980 and spread to several other regions in South Africa. Grievances initially concerned the standard and quality of education but these grew into wider political protest. Street protests and police actions resulted in widespread violence. In ... |