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Special Report Transcript Episode 18, Section 5, Time 26:12After the clampdown of the 1986 state of emergency the battle in KaNyamazane continued. This time however the security forces employed a new ally, a band of collaborators from within the community. The Kabasa gang became the handmaiden of terror in the Mpumalanga region. Today apartheid is dead, but Kabasa’s shady presence lingers. Notes: Max du Preez KaNgwane: Kabasa 485 The eastern Transvaal self-governing homeland of KaNgwane, led by Chief Minister Enoch Mabusa, also experienced an escalation of tension at this time. At the end of 1985, violence flared in the Nsikazi region of KaNgwane, claiming the lives of at least two leading ... |