MHLANTI, Bhekisisa

Age 21

Description
An ANC supporter who was stabbed and severely injured by IFP supporters at the railway station in Daveyton, Transvaal, on 22 July 1993. The attack took place because the train was transporting mostly Xhosa-speaking commuters presumed to be ANC supporters. Between 1990 and 1993, 572 people died in train violence initiated by groups opposed to a democratic transition.