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Special Report Transcript Episode 62, Section 3, Time 18:05During the years of the anti-apartheid struggle Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats became known for its militancy and open confrontation with police. It produced its own armed unit, known as the Bonteheuwel Military Wing as well as many well known MK cadres. But Bonteheuwel paid a high price for this. Many lives were destroyed or lost. Anneliese Burgess takes up the story. Notes: Max du Preez Bonteheuwel Military Wing (BMW)42 309 Bonteheuwel is a ‘coloured’ township that became known as a militant area in the second half of the 1980s, not least because of the activities of the Bonteheuwel Military Wing (BMW). The idea of forming “a militant body to co-ordinate and intensify the ... Dislocation and displacement 110 Large numbers of children, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal, were displaced or ran away from their homes to avoid the violence. Many of them have still not returned and others have not been able to find their parents. Many children also suffered the trauma of ... |