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Special Report Transcript Episode 29, Section 2, Time 02:37

They had said that they wanted to plant sugarcane. This was actually their slogan. They would say that just before they attacked the residents. // In farming terms you clear the ground to plant the cane. In this area of Natal it came to mean that UDF and ANC supporting communities would be violently cleared out for IFP takeover. This week a journalist relived his experience of the events in March 1990 in the Edendale valley.

Notes: TRC testimony: Mlamuli Mngadi; Reporter (Hanne Koster)

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Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary
1990s: The IFP-ANC war for supremacy in KwaZulu, Natal and the PWV 279 The role of the IFP in the political violence in the early nineties is dealt with under the relevant sections of the Commission’s report. In brief, the IFP was found to the foremost perpetrator of gross human rights ...
KwaZulu-Natal The IFP, KZP and the battle for supremacy in KwaZulu and Natal 186 Inkatha was found to be the foremost perpetrator of gross human rights violations in KwaZulu and Natal during the 1990s. Approximately 9 000 gross human rights violations were perpetrated by Inkatha in KwaZulu and ...
Civil conflict Violence stemming from the unbanning of the ANC 261 A number of incidents of violence occurred during celebrations to mark the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. These incidents were more common in KwaZulu areas than in Natal. Incidents directly related to Mr Mandela’s ...
130 The special constables were deployed to the Pietermaritzburg-based Riot Unit 8, a unit that had already gained notoriety during the latter half of the 1980s for its active collusion with Inkatha supporters in the political conflict. The unit was headed by Major Deon Terreblanche (now ...
 
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