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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 ANC supporter who was forcibly removed from her home at Morokolong near Hammanskraal, Transvaal, by members of the Bophuthatswana Police on 25 December 1992. She was detained and her house destroyed in a police operation to remove people from this land.
Was shot dead in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 25 October 1990, when members of the SAP opened fire on a dispersing ANC-led mass march, opposing the Lingelethu West Town Council. At least eight people were killed by police and supporters of the council that day.
Was shot and 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 ...
Was injured in an attack by UDF and ANC supporters in the Mahwaqa area, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 24 March 1990. Thirteen people died in the attack, which targeted IFP supporters. Two UDF supporters were granted amnesty (AC/2000/041).
An ANC supporter whose home was burnt down by IFP supporters in Magabheni, Umgababa, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 29 March 1992, when IFP supporters attacked ANC-aligned homes in the area. Five people were killed and three injured in this attack.
An ANC supporter who had her home burnt down by IFP supporters on 16 February 1993 in a dawn attack on the ANC stronghold of Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in the course of conflict over access to resources. Ten people were killed and thirty five houses were burnt down.
Her home was burnt down on 16 February 1993 when IFP supporters launched a dawn attack on the ANC stronghold of Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban. Ten people were killed and 35 houses were burnt down.
Her home was burnt down by Inkatha supporters at Swayimane, Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg, on 29 October 1989 in political conflict between the Makhatini and Mabheleni tribal groups. Eight people were killed and many houses were destroyed by fire.
Was shot dead by ANC supporters in October 1993 in Bhoboyi, Port Shepstone, Natal, in ongoing conflict between ANC and IFP supporters in the area. The perpetrators opened fire on a group of commuters alighting from a taxi, killing four people.
An ANC supporter who 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 injured in the blast. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See right-wing ...
His house was 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 two hundred people were injured in the attack. The group went on to destroy around eight ...
Was shot dead when men in a car opened fire on a group watching a protest march in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 25 October 1990. Ms Kwaza was six months pregnant. At least eight people were killed that day by police and supporters of the Lingelethu West Town Council, during and after a mass march to ...
Was shot dead on 10 June 1986 in Nyanga, Cape Town, 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 were killed and twenty thousand homes were destroyed in the attacks.
An ANC supporter who had his house and possessions burnt by a named Inkatha member in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, in May 1987, allegedly because his family opposed the payment of fees to Inkatha. In a recruitment drive launched by Inkatha in the Edendale and Vulindlela valleys that month, Caprivi ...
Was forced to flee his home in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, in May 1989 for fear of an attack by Inkatha supporters because his family opposed the payment of fees to Inkatha. In a recruitment drive launched by Inkatha in the Edendale and Vulindlela valleys that month, Caprivi trainees were deployed to ...
Was stabbed to death when IFP supporters attacked the informal settlement of Swanieville, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, on 12 May 1991 in retaliation for the earlier abduction of two hostel residents. Twenty-seven people were killed, one hundred and fifteen shacks were burnt and twenty five vehicles were ...
A UDF supporter whose house was 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 heavy police and military presence. Fourteen people were killed and at least one hundred and twenty homes ...
An Inkatha supporter who lost her house in an arson attack in Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, in February 1990. Numerous people were killed that month, and others fled the area, in the ongoing clashes between Inkatha supporters and UDF supporters celebrating the release of Nelson Mandela.
Was one of two people shot dead by SAP members in Mossel Bay, Cape, on 13 July 1993. Mr Kuilder, who was mentally disabled, was on his way to a shop when he was killed. This took place during conflict between the Civic Association, the Town Council and the police related to housing and other local ...
A prison warder who was killed when a member of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) detonated a hand grenade while trying to escape from Leeuwhof Prison, Vereeniging, Transvaal, on 18 December 1993. Three people died and nine were injured. One SDU member was granted amnesty for the incident ...
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