Special Report Transcript Episode 52, Section 4, Time 18:01

Early one morning, on the 4th of August 1983 Ciskei forces opened fire on commuters on their way to work, the reason being they had opted for trains and not use the government owned buses at the time. At the last human rights violations hearing in Mdansane, Eastern Cape the Commission heard how people had been shot at in the dark after showing solidarity with a bus boycott that had been called by the South African Trade and Allied Workers Union caused by a five cents increase in bus fares.

Notes: Homeland troops

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