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people's war

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a popular national rebellion of both trained soldiers and ordinary civilians during the mid- to late 80s. The strategy, promoted by the ANC, involved integrating armed MK combatants with mass organisations inside South African townships, and rendering the townships ungovernable through attacks on the security forces and other representatives of the state.

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An IFP supporter who was injured when ANC supporters threw explosives and fired shots into his house at Gamalakhe, KwaZulu, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 15 August 1992. Three people were killed and four seriously injured in the attack.
Was burnt to death by `comrades` on 9 June 1986 in Vlaklaagte, Moutse, KwaNdebele, because he was suspected of being a sell-out during conflict over incorporation into KwaNdebele. By the end of July, homeland officials and Imbokodo vigilantes had fled to resettle near Verena after businesses were ...
An ANC supporter who was shot and killed by a group of IFP supporters at Ndlovu`s Kraal, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 7 March 1992, in ongoing political conflict in the area. Eight people died and five were injured in the attack. One perpetrator serving a prison sentence was refused amnesty ...
A UDF supporter who was struck with an axe and injured when a group of Inkatha supporters and Caprivi trainees attacked a UDF meeting in a house at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 18 January 1988. Nine people were killed and an estimated 200 people were injured in the attack. The group went on ...
A UDF supporter who had her house looted and set alight on 6 April 1990 when a group of Inkatha supporters attacked UDF supporters and residents at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, in spite of a heavy police and military presence. Fourteen people were killed and at least 120 homes burnt down. One ...
Was hacked to death with a panga and thrown from a train near Denver station, Johannesburg, on 16 December 1990. Between 1990 and 1993, 572 people died in train violence initiated by groups opposed to a democratic transition.
An IFP supporter who was shot dead on 28 March 1994 when the bus in which he was travelling was ambushed in Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, in political conflict during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. Three people were killed and 18 injured during the attack.
Was beaten to death in Umgababa, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 29 June 1993, at a `people`s court` under the command of an officer of a local ANC self-defence unit (SDU). Mr Hlatshwayo was one of two people killed that day, and five others were severely beaten, allegedly for crimes committed in the ...
Was shot by a named town councillor after leaving home to attend a meeting in Centerton, near Hankey, Cape. He died in hospital a few days later on 30 April 1986. The perpetrator had slept away from home for fear of being attacked by community members. He shot at two people approaching his hiding ...
Was shot dead when IFP supporters attacked the home of her grandmother, an ANC supporter, in Umbumbulu, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 29 October 1993. Three other people were killed in the attack.
Was shot and severely injured in Noupoort, Cape, on 25 April 1985, at a meeting of schoolchildren and parents to demand the building of a new school. Police dispersed the meeting by firing teargas and live ammunition and beating people with sjamboks. Several people were injured in this incident.
A scholar who died when APLA operatives opened fire on the vehicle in which he was travelling at Eikenhof, Transvaal, on 19 March 1993. The perpetrators had allegedly targeted a schoolbus conveying white children, and attacked the Mitchley vehicle when this failed. Three people were killed and two ...
An unarmed civilian who died when APLA operatives opened fire on the vehicle in which she was travelling at Eikenhof, Transvaal, on 19 March 1993. The perpetrators had allegedly targeted a schoolbus conveying white children, and attacked the Mitchley vehicle when this failed. Three people were ...
Was injured in what became known as the Magoo`s Bar bombing in Durban on 14 June 1986. The explosion killed three women and injured at least 74 other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128).
An MK operative from Port Elizabeth who was shot dead by Vlakplaas operatives during a raid on two houses in Maseru, Lesotho, on 19 December 1985. Nine people were killed in the raid, three of them citizens of Lesotho. Six years earlier, in March 1979, Ms Mini had survived an SADF attack on Novo ...
Was severely injured when members of MK`s `Dolphin Unit` detonated an explosive in a car near the Krugersdorp Magistrate`s court and the adjacent police station, Transvaal, on 16 March 1988. Three people were killed and more than 20 were injured in the blast. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty ...
Was injured when AWB members detonated an explosive at the taxi rank in Westonaria, Transvaal, on 25 April 1994, in an effort to disrupt the electoral process. Five people were killed in the blast. Six AWB members were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See right-wing attacks.
A scholar who was injured when APLA operatives opened fire on the vehicle in which he was travelling at Eikenhof, Transvaal, on 19 March 1993. The perpetrators had allegedly targeted a schoolbus conveying white children, and attacked the Mitchley vehicle when this failed. Three people were killed ...
Was injured in what became known as the Magoo`s Bar bombing in Durban on 14 June 1986. The explosion killed three women and injured at least 74 other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128).
Was injured in a hand grenade explosion at Lulekani, Gazankulu, on 28 March 1986. Fifteen people died and scores were injured when the grenade, thrown by SADF members, exploded in a packed sheeben on Good Friday 1986. See Gazankulu hand grenade attack.
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