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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 an informer or 'sell-out'; one who agreed to collaborate with the state or security forces a vigilante group formed in the Eastern Transvaal in 1986. The gang operated with SAP and SADF support in the Nelspruit and KaNgwane areas of KaNyamazane, Pienaars Trust, Luphisa Trust and Kabokweni, to crush political unrest associated with the 1986 school boycotts in these areas. |