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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 injured when AWB members detonated a car bomb in Bree Street, Johannesburg, on 24 April 1994, in an effort to disrupt the electoral process. Seven people were killed and thirteen were injured in the blast. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See right-wing attacks.
Was shot dead by IFP supporters at Gamalakhe, KwaZulu, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 17 October 1993. Ms Duma was accused of harbouring people who had allegedly attacked an IFP leader.
Was shot and injured by members of the Ciskei Defence Force (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 two hundred people injured in what became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the ...
Was injured when a limpet mine planted by MK operatives exploded during lunchtime at the Wimpy restaurant in Benoni, Transvaal, on 30 July 1988. One woman was killed and at least sixty six people were injured. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the planning and execution of the attack ...
A UDF supporter who was shot dead by IFP-supporting AmaButho members at a memorial service for slain UDF leader, Victoria Mxenge, on 8 August 1985 in Umlazi, Durban. Seventeen people were killed and twenty injured in the attack. See Victoria Mxenge memorial service attack.
A caretaker who was injured in a limpet mine attack at the Wild Coast Casino in Bizana, Transkei, on 18 April 1986. Two people were killed and several were injured. Mr Dlamini later died of his injuries. Three MK operatives applied for and were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1999/0181 and ...
An ANC supporter who was shot dead by Inkatha supporters in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 28 October 1988, in intense political conflict in the area. At least twenty two people were reported killed and up to twenty seven houses were reported burned or stoned in these attacks during October ...
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 injured in the attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
Her home in KTC, near Guguletu, Cape Town, was destroyed on 10 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 sixty people died and twenty thousand homes were destroyed in the ...
A UDF supporter whose house and property were destroyed 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 one hundred and twenty ...
A UDF supporter whose house was destroyed when a group of Inkatha supporters and Caprivi trainees attacked a UDF meeting in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 18 January 1988. Nine people were killed and an estimated two hundred people were injured in the attack. The group went on to destroy ...
His house was set alight 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 two hundred people were injured in the attack. The group went on to destroy around ...
A UDF supporter whose house and property were destroyed on 6 April 1990 when a group of Inkatha supporters attacked UDF supporters and residents at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, in spite of heavy police and military presence. Fourteen people were killed and at least one hundred and twenty homes ...
Was injured when a limpet mine was detonated beside their vehicle in Durban on 21 December 1985. Her mother and her sister were also injured in the explosion. The attack was in retaliation for a raid by Vlakplaas operatives on ANC houses in Lesotho two days earlier, in which nine people were ...
Was injured when a limpet mine was detonated beside their vehicle in Durban on 21 December 1985. Her two daughters were also injured in the explosion. The attack was in retaliation for a raid by Vlakplaas operatives on ANC houses in Lesotho two days earlier, in which nine people were killed. Two MK ...
Was shot dead on 25 January 1980 in the Silverton bank siege, Pretoria, when three MK operatives held her hostage during a raid on the bank. Five people were killed in a gunfight after police stormed the bank and several others were injured.
Was injured by PAC supporters at the Durban beachfront on 9 October 1990. The perpetrators attacked white people at random, killing one elderly man and injuring several other people. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/2000/144).
Was killed when the vehicle in which she and her family and friends were travelling detonated a landmine on a game farm near Messina, Transvaal, on 15 December 1985. Four children and two women were killed, and five people injured, in what was part of an ANC landmine campaign aimed at military ...
Was killed when the vehicle in which she and her family and friends were travelling detonated a landmine on a game farm near Messina, Transvaal, on 15 December 1985. Four children and two women were killed and five people were injured in what was part of an ANC landmine campaign aimed at military ...
Was injured when a limpet mine was detonated beside their vehicle in Durban on 21 December 1985. Her mother and her sister were also injured in the explosion. The attack was in retaliation for a raid by Vlakplaas operatives on ANC houses in Lesotho two days earlier, in which nine people were ...
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