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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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She had her house burnt down 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 intense political conflict between IFP and ANC ...
Was hacked and injured by armed men who boarded a Soweto-bound train at Jeppe station and began attacking passengers as the train passed George Goch station, on 13 September 1990. The attackers moved through three carriages, killing about 26 people. See train violence.
An ANCYL supporter who was detained in Bethal, Transvaal, on 14 January 1991 and tortured by named members of the SAP at Bethal, Ermelo and Davel police stations and at a shooting range. He was reportedly one of a group of young people detained and assaulted after police raided the homes of ...
Was axed and burnt to death by Witdoeke vigilantes in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 12 June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by the vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. Over 60 people were killed and 20 000 homes destroyed in the ...
Was shot dead by IFP supporters in Swanieville, near Krugersdorp, Transvaal, on 12 May 1991. IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers were retaliating against the expulsion of IFP supporters from the area by ANC-supporting squatters. About one hundred and fifteen shacks were set alight, twenty seven people ...
A UDF supporter who had her house damaged 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 to destroy ...
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Crossroads, Cape Town, on 18 March 1985. Eighteen people were shot dead by police and over 250 injured in three days of conflict, when Crossroads residents resisted forced removals to Khayelitsha.
Was shot and severely injured by IFP supporters at Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, on 3 January 1993, while travelling in a taxi headed for a known ANC area. The perpetrators boarded the taxi and opened fire killing two people and injuring Ms Mchunu.
An ANC supporter who died on 25 June 1991, two days after being stabbed by IFP supporters at Thawulendeni, Richmond, Natal. Between 21 and 23 June, IFP supporters, allegedly transported by the police, attacked ANC supporters in the Richmond area, killing at least 16 people from ANC-supporting ...
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 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 PAC supporter who was stabbed, hacked and left seriously injured by Witdoeke vigilantes in KTC, Cape Town, on 9 June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by the vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. Over 60 people were killed and ...
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).
A member of the SAP who was killed 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 twenty were injured in the blast. Two MK operatives ...
Was injured by members of the CDF in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and 200 people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty ...
Was hacked to death in New Crossroads, Cape Town, on 19 March 1986, during clashes between vigilantes known variously as the `Fathers` or the Witdoeke, and UDF supporters. Seven people died in the two-day clash.
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.
She had her home burnt down by IFP supporters in Swanieville, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, on 12 May 1991. IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers were retaliating against the explusion of IFP supporters from the area. About one hundred and fifteen shacks were set alight, twenty seven people were killed and ...
Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty-one people were killed and 217 injured. The overall commander of MK`s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted ...
Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty-one people were killed and 217 injured. The overall commander of MK`s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted ...
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