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MODISHWA, Mavusi

Age 15

Description
An ANC supporter who was shot dead by identified members of the local self-defence unit (SDU) in Moleleki Section, Katlehong, Tvl, on 7 December 1993. Mr Modishwa was one of nine ANC supporters killed execution-style by SDU members during a conflict between the local ANCYL and SDU. The SDU members involved applied for but were denied amnesty.

In 1993 more than 1500 people were killed in the orgies of violence that engulfed the East Rand townships near Johannesburg. Most of the violence was rooted in the political conflict between the supporters of the ANC, who were primarily township residents, and Inkatha hostel dwellers. Bloody ...
 
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