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Cradock Four

Explanation
Four Eastern Cape UDF activists were abducted and assassinated by members of the security police on 27 June 1985 as they drove back to Cradock from a meeting in Port Elizabeth. The four were Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto and Fort Calata from Cradock, and Sicelo Mhlauli from Oudtshoorn. Before their deaths, all had been frequently detained, tortured and harassed by the police. Their deaths sparked a national outcry and resulted in street protests in many regions across the country.

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Was assaulted and stabbed by members of the members of the SAP while on his way back from a night vigil in Cradock, Cape, on 25 July 1986.
Was charged with public violence after being accused of setting alight a school in Cradock, Cape, on 24 April 1985. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. On 16 October 1985, he was stabbed to death by named fellow prisoners.
A UDF supporter who was abducted and tortured to death by AZAPO supporters at Kleinskool, Uitenhage, Cape, on 23 July 1985 during intense political conflict after the funeral of Matthew Goniwe. See Cradock Four. The perpetrators buried Mr Sigwinta in an unmarked grave.
A COSAS member who was interrogated and tortured by beating and having pins stuck into his penis by named members of the SAP in Bedford and Cradock police stations. He was arrested in Lesotho while attempting to join MK in exile on 15 June 1985. He was charged with leaving the country without a ...
Was shot by named members of the SAP during protests in Lingelihle, Cradock, Cape, on 9 September 1976.
An ANC supporter who was shot in his right arm by members of the SAP during a school protest in Lingelihle, Cradock, Cape, in July 1976. In 1987 he was detained without trial for a year in North End prison, Port Elizabeth. He was charged with harbouring an ANC operative and acquitted.
A UDF supporter who was beaten and tortured by attempted suffocation while he was under interrogation by members of the SAP in Cradock, Cape, on 24 March 1987.
Was shot with pellets and injured by members of the SAP in Cradock, Cape, in March 1987, as he ran away during a police search of his home for his activist brother. The whole Gxowa family was reportedly questioned, detained and assaulted by the police.
Her home destroyed in a petrol bomb attack in Cradock, Cape, during April 1984. Her eighteen year old son was labelled a collaborator because he did not participate in a school boycott.
A COSAS supporter who was severely beaten in detention by named Security Branch members on 23 October 1980, 3 February 1985, in August 1985 and on 14 July 1986, at Cradock police station, Cape. On 27 March 1984, Mr Jacobs was detained at Pollsmoor prison. He was then served with a banning order.
Was stabbed to death by a named perpetrator in Cradock, Cape, on 15 April 1984 during a school boycott in the area.
Was shot dead by a named member of the SAP in Cradock, Cape, on 27 April 1985, while she was participating in a march protesting against a recent police shooting. Other march participants were shot by the same perpetrator.
A student activist who was shot dead on 9 November 1977 as he tried to escape after being beaten by a named member of the SAP at the Black Local Authority offices in Cradock, Cape.
His house was set alight and most of the furniture destroyed in a stoning and petrol bomb attack by youths in Cradock, Cape, on 30 June 1985. The attack was made allegedly because his son had joined the police force.
... Three police officers and an informer were killed in the attack by fellow police officers to prevent possible revelations about the killing of the Cradock Four. Nine members of the Security Police were refused amnesty (AC/1999/0345). See Motherwell car ...
A member of the SAP who was burnt to death by members of a youth organisation in Cradock, Cape, during February 1985. Members of the SAP were often seen as legitimate targets in the political conflict of the 1980s.
Blom, whose husband was a member of the SAP, was injured when her home was attacked during protests in Cradock, Cape, on 1 January 1984.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP during protests in Cradock, Cape, on 14 August 1987.
A UDF supporter who was detained from 27 June 1987 in three Cape towns - Cradock, Grahamstown, and East London - and released on 11 August 1989. Ms Bontsi had also been detained on three prior occasions.
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Tarkastad, Cape, on 15 July 1985, while taking part in student protests against the killing of the Cradock Four in June 1985.
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