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Langa shootings

Explanation
On 21 March 1985, members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, opened fire on mourners marching to the prohibited funeral of four of six youths killed by the police. At least 20 people were killed by police in this incident and many others were injured. Police patrols had been issued with heavy ammunition following a decision on 14 March to take stronger measures to restore order in a situation of rapidly escalating public unrest, particularly after the killing of the six youths. The police had obtained two orders restricting the funeral of four of the youths, resulting in a confusion over the dates on which the funeral was to be held. On 21 March 1985, a large group of people from Langa township began to march to KwaNobuhle to attend the funeral. The police blocked the road into the centre of Uitenhage with two armoured vehicles and ordered the crowd to disperse. When the crowd failed to comply immediately, police opened fire, fatally shooting 20 people. At least 27 other people were wounded.

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GAVU, Gugulethu Mzwabantu
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985, when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/gavu_gugulethu_mzwabantu.htm
BUCWA, Kwanele Moses
... to a prohibited funeral at Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985. At least 20 people were killed, and many more injured in the shooting. See Langa ...
/victims/bucwa_kwanele_moses.htm
BLAAUW, Buyile Gladstone
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least 20 people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/blaauw_buyile_gladstone.htm
BLAAUW, Nosipho Patricia
A UDF supporter who was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least 20 people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/blaauw_nosipho_patricia.htm
JACKSON, Kumvusele William
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/jackson_kumvusele_william.htm
MAHUNA, Kenneth Thobekile
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/mahuna_kenneth_thobekile.htm
MAJIKAZANA, Zanele
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/majikazana_zanele.htm
KLAAS, Thembisile John
Was assaulted and detained for four days on 21 March 1985 in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, during the Langa shootings, when members of the SAP police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many more were injured in the shooting.
/victims/klaas_thembisile_john.htm
KETSE, Sylvia Vuyelwa
Was shot and seriously injured by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/ketse_sylvia_vuyelwa.htm
JOSIAH, Mlondolozi Isaac
Was shot in the back five times by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/josiah_mlondolozi_isaac.htm
KAMA, Sonwabo
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Langa, Uitenhage, Cape, on 21 March 1985 when police opened fire on mourners marching to a funeral. At least twenty people were killed and many injured in the shooting. See Langa shootings.
/victims/kama_sonwabo.htm
FUNZI, Phindiwe Regina
A UDF supporter who had her home burnt down by ‘comrades’ in Uitenhage, Cape, in 1986 during political conflict in which one her relatives was accused of being a police collaborator. In March 1985, Ms Funzi had reportedly been shot and injured in the Langa shootings.
/victims/funzi_phindiwe_regina.htm
GOQO, Vuyisile Michael
Was summarily dismissed from his job by the ambulance division management in Uitenhage, Cape, in 1985, after he testified to the Kannemeyer Commission of Enquiry into the Langa shootings that had taken place on 21 March 1985.
/victims/goqo_vuyisile_michael.htm
SIXISHE, Lungile Selywen
Was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP in Port Elizabeth on 13 April 1985 during political conflict following the Langa shootings in Uitenhage on 21 March.
/victims/sixishe_lungile_selywen.htm
SOLANI, Nombuyiselo Gladys
Was shot dead by members of the SADF in Uitenhage, Cape, on 23 March 1985. She was on her way to the shop when the perpetrators opened fire on people in the street. She was buried with the victims of the Langa shootings.
/victims/solani_nombuyiselo_gladys.htm
TSHOKELA, Gladman Mzwandile
Was shot dead by members of the SAP on 13 April 1985 in Zwide, Port Elizabeth, during political conflict following the Langa shootings of 21 March.
/victims/tshokela_gladman_mzwandile.htm
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