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NKOSI, Joseph

Age 73

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Was hacked on the head with an axe by Inkatha Youth Brigade supporters during political conflict at Madadeni, KwaZulu, near Newcastle, Natal, in July 1985. The perpetrators had allegedly searched anyone suspected of being an ANC supporter, and Mr Nkosi was mistaken for a man who had refused to be searched.

Shortly afterward police again set up a roadblock on this road and this vehicle was also stopped. The driver of the vehicle opened fire with a Russian manufactured pistol. Police returned the fire and the driver and passengers died in a hail of bullets. // According to the official records they ...
 
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