WHITE, Kim

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Was injured when a limpet mine planted by MK operatives exploded during lunchtime at the Wimpy restaurant in Benoni, Transvaal, on 30 July 1988. One woman was killed and at least sixty six people were injured. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the planning and execution of the attack (AC/1999/0294).

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APLA attacks

... of APLA guerrillas into the country to conduct rural guerrilla warfare. The initial targets of such attacks were members of the security forces and white farmers who were perceived to be the frontline of defence for the former apartheid government. A 'repossession unit' was also set up, in which ...

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Wit Wolwe

(Afrikaans: 'White Wolves') an ultra-right terrorist group

/glossary/wit_wolwe.htm

Witdoeke

Separate vigilante groups in the Cape and in the OFS, both named Witdoeke because of the white scarves (witdoeke) they wore around their heads or arms. Cape - During May and June 1986, the Witdoeke in Crossroads, Cape Town, were mobilised by their pro-government leader Johnson Ngxobongwana into ...

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right-wing attacks

... also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all. A number of formerly 'white' schools were bombed. The campaign involved many acts of sabotage, some of which led to the loss of ...

/glossary/right_wing_attacks.htm

End Conscription Campaign (ECC)

a group campaigning against the conscription of white males over the age of 17

/glossary/end_conscription_campaign_ecc.htm

black spot

black-owned land surrounded by white-owned land

/glossary/black_spot.htm

ANC landmine campaign

... landmine campaign from 1985 to 1987 targeted military patrols in the mainly northern and eastern areas of the Transvaal. A number of civilians - white farmers, their families, and black farm labourers - were killed when these explosives were detonated. The campaign was called off in the light ...

/glossary/anc_landmine_campaign.htm

Putco bus attack

... retaliation for an incident which had taken place earlier in the day in which PAC and APLA supporters, wearing PAC T-shirts, had randomly attacked white people on Durban's beachfront, killing one elderly person and injuring several others. Three members of the Orde Boerevolk were convicted for ...

/glossary/putco_bus_attack.htm

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