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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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Was arrested, detained for three days, and assaulted while in police custody in Parys, Orange Free State (OFS), in July 1990. Ninki was caught up in a clash between the police and people returning from a mass meeting.
Was burnt to death and her house was set alight by a group of community residents in Venda on 10 March 1990. Nine people were killed and eleven houses burnt down in attacks on people accused of practising witchcraft to impede the community`s campaign for re-incorporation of the homeland into South ...
Was shot dead by members of a balaclava group, allegedly linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 16 December 1991. The attack was aimed at a local ANC Women`s League activist and left three people dead, three wounded and 40 houses burnt.
Was shot and injured by members of a balaclava group, allegedly linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 16 December 1991. The attack was aimed at a local ANC Women`s League activist and left three people dead, three wounded and 40 houses burnt.
Was severely beaten by members of the SAP in Port Elizabeth in 1986, while she was attending a mass funeral for 12 people killed in political unrest.
Was stabbed in Meadowlands, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 11 April 1993 by unidentified people who boarded his taxi and accused him of being an IFP supporter during conflict between IFP and ANC suporters in the area. Mr Mazibuko died of his injuries eight months later.
An ANC supporter who was stabbed, shot and then hacked to death by IFP supporters in Ndabayakhe, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, on 15 July 1992. Nine other people were injured when the perpetrators attacked passengers in a bus.
Was shot dead in her aunt`s arms by members of a balaclava group, allegedly linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 16 December 1991. The attack was aimed at a local ANC Women`s League activist and left three people dead, three wounded and 40 houses burnt.
Was shot and wounded by members of the SAP in Daveyton, Transvaal, on 24 March 1994. IFP supporters had agreed to travel to a rally at Sinaba stadium by bus rather than march through the streets. When this agreement was broken, police arrived and ordered the gathering to disperse. Shots were fired ...
Was severely injured on 17 June 1992 in the Boipatong massacre in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty, a further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209).
Was forced from her home and displaced by IFP supporters in Alexandra, Johannesburg, in 1992. Hundreds of people had their homes forcibly occupied by IFP supporters in the area following clashes between hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents.
An ANC supporter who was killed when thrown from a moving train between Katlehong and Wadeville stations in Katlehong, Transvaal, on 20 August 1993. Between 1990 and 1993, five hundred and seventy two people died in train violence.
The head of MK`s Western Cape military machinery in Lesotho who was shot dead by Vlakplaas operatives in a raid on two houses in Maseru, Lesotho, on 19 December 1985. Nine people were killed in the raid, three of which were citizens of Lesotho. Mr Mayoli was from Guguletu, Cape Town. Five members ...
Was severely 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 seventy four other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128).
A senior MK operative in the MK`s Western Cape machinery, 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. Seven operatives, including the deputy commander of Security ...
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.
Was hacked to death by a group of unidentified people at Tembisa, Transvaal, on 2 October 1983 because he was actively involved in the launch of the UDF.
Was severely injured when members of the Orde Boerevolk opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and twenty seven were injured in the attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
A UDF supporter who had her family home at Swayimane, Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg, burnt down on 29 October 1989 in intense political conflict between Inkatha and UDF supporters in the area. Eight people were killed in the fighting, and many houses were destroyed by fire.
Was shot dead in Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 13 February 1994. Around 20 deaths and at least 28 incidents of house burning were recorded that month in intense political conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the area. Hundreds of people were forced to flee from the area, and ...
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