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Khutsong Youth Congress

Explanation
From 1989, divisions in the UDF-aligned Khutsong Youth Congress gave rise to the emergence of two factions, namely the 'Zim-zims' and the 'Gadaffis'. At least seventeen people were killed 'extra-judicially' in conflict following the split. Attacks and counter-attacks between the factions continued. The police in the area took advantage of the conflict, and scores of activists on both sides were detained, tortured and killed.

ADV DLAVANE: And you are telling this Committee that because they were committing such atrocious acts you from the defence unit of the African National Congress, the youth section, you were acting in defence of the Khutsong community and yourself. Is that what ....(intervention).
Mokoena's evidence was that he was a member of the African National Congress Youth League, Khutsong Branch. Khutsong is a township of Carltonville. The five Applicants and the deceased resided in Khutsong. Bekkersdal is a township of Westinaria, which is adjacent to Cartonville. It is here that ...
The applicant was a member of the Self Defence Unit (SDU) as well as a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Khutsong. The victims were members of a vigilante group. According to the applicant, the vigilante group sowed terror in Khutsong, working in collaboration with ...
... murder - The applicant was a member of the Self Defence Unit (SDU) as well as a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Khutsong. The victims were members of a vigilante group. According to the applicant, the vigilante group sowed terror in Khutsong, working in ...
CHAIRPERSON: Now, in your statement you say Shadrack had been an active member of the youth congress in Khutsong since 1982. Was this the first time he was arrested or harassed by the police?
... of the South African Trade Union, and the South African Communist Party took refuge at the house. The deceased's group later became known as Khutsong Youth Congress (Khuyoco). The perception later grew that Khuyoco had been infiltrated by the Security Police using it against other ...
DR ALLY: Khutsong Youth Congress or are you speaking about a committee at school?
... of the South African Trade Union, and the South African Communist Party took refuge at the house. The deceased's group later became known as Khutsong Youth Congress (Khuyoco). The perception later grew that Khuyoco had been infiltrated by the Security Police using it against other ...
The deceased's group later became known as Khutsong Youth Congress (Khuyoco). The perception later grew that Khuyoco had been infiltrated by the security police using it against other groupings. The extent to which the victims' group inhibited free political activity appears not only from the ...
... involved in political activities during 1990. They testified that a group of comrades fled the violence and harassment in the nearby township of Khutsong and sought refuge with them. These people motivated them to form an African National Congress ("ANC") branch and they did so during 1990. ...
 
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