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MTHEMBU, Ditaba Joseph

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An ANC member who was killed by named members of a local ANC self-defence unit (SDU) in Katlehong, Transvaal, on 7 December 1993. Mr Mthembu was one of nine ANC supporters killed execution-style by SDU members in Moleleki Section, Katlehong, during conflict between the local ANCYL and SDU members. Thirteen SDU members were refused amnesty (AC/1998/0013).

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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