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people's war

Explanation
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 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 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 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the ...
Was shot dead in KTC, Cape Town, on 11 June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by Witdoeke vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. Over 60 people were killed and 20 000 homes destroyed in the attacks.
Was shot and killed in Vosloorus, Transvaal, on 19 April 1993 while driving people to the funeral of assassinated SACP leader, Chris Hani. Mr Mdluli`s blood-soaked body was found later outside a hostel with bullet wounds under his arm.
An IFP supporter who was shot dead when members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) opened fire on IFP supporters on their way to a meeting at the Tokoza stadium on the East Rand, Transvaal, on 8 September 1991. Sixteen people were killed and ten injured in the attack. One SDU member was granted ...
Was injured in a hand grenade explosion at Lulekani, Gazankulu, on 28 March 1986. Fifteen people died and scores were injured when members of the SADF threw a hand grenade into a packed shebeen on Good Friday 1986. See Gazankulu hand grenade attack.
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 shot in the back by members of the SAP in Sonwabile, Maclear, Cape, on 6 February 1990. Police fired teargas into the Presbyterian Church hall to disperse a COSATU meeting, and then opened fire on the home of a COSATU member, severely injuring several people.
An IFP supporter who was shot dead by fellow IFP supporters in Estcourt, Natal, on 27 September 1993. He was allegedly killed because he had witnessed the perpetrators` role in the killing of two other people in the continuing political conflict in the area.
Was shot dead by members of the `Zim-Zim` faction of the Khutsong Youth Congress (KYC) in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, on 27 November 1990. The ANC-aligned KYC had split into two rival factions, the `Zim-zims` and the `Gaddaffis`. At least seventeen people were killed in Khutsong between ...
He escaped physical injury on 30 April 1991 when the car in which he and five other people were travelling was attacked by ANC self-defence unit (SDU) members at Magabheni, Umgababa, KwaZulu, near Durban. Two of the vehicle occupants were killed and two injured. One SDU member was granted amnesty ...
An IFP supporter who had her house burnt down by ANC supporters at Okhalweni, Gamalakhe, KwaZulu, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 4 May 1991. In April and May 1991, political violence in the area claimed the lives of at least 31 people and rendered about 200 people homeless.
Was shot and injured on 18 April 1985 when police members, concealed in a Municipal Police vehicle in Despatch, Cape, opened fire on youths playing football. Mr Mbolekwa was sitting outside when he was hit by the gunfire. Four people were killed and two injured in the shooting. See Trojan Horse ...
Was injured when a pipe bomb planted by members of the AWB exploded on 25 April 1994 at a taxi rank on the corner of Blood Street and Seventh Avenue in Pretoria. Three people were killed and four injured in the blast. During the pre-election period the AWB targeted taxi ranks, bus stops and railway ...
Was severely beaten 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 Mbonambi was one of five people who survived the beating, while two others were beaten to death, allegedly for crimes committed in ...
Was everely beaten 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 Mbonambi was one of five people who survived the beating, while two others were beaten to death, allegedly for crimes committed in ...
He escaped physical injury on 30 April 1991 when the car in which he and five other people were travelling was attacked by ANC self-defence unit (SDU) members at Magabheni, Umgababa, KwaZulu, near Durban. Two of the vehicle occupants were killed and two injured. One SDU member was granted amnesty ...
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 two hundred and seventeen were injured. The overall commander of MK`s Special Operations Unit and two ...
An ANC supporter who had her house at Swayimane, Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg, burnt down in 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.
He had his house 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.
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