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Forty were injured when MK cadre Andrew Sibusiso Zondo detonated an explosive in a rubbish bin at a shopping centre. In a submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the ANC stated that Zondo's act, though "understandable" as a response to a recent South African Defence Force raid in
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Amongst those killed were Joachim Johannes Prinsloo, (Acquitted Slagtersnek rebel) and his wife Martha Louisa Prinsloo. The Piet Retief Massacre and the Weenen Massacre was the motivation for the Voortrekkers to confront the Zulus in battle on 16 December 1838 when 470 Voortrekkers fought against an
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1,300 psychiatric patients were relocated from Life Esidimeni centres to mainly unlicensed NGOs by order of the Gauteng Department of Health. The inquest concluded in November 2023. This tragic incident marks "one of South Africa's most significant human rights violations." Many of the victims died
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The attack on township residents was carried out by armed men from the steelworks residence KwaMadala Hostel, which was located roughly 1 km from the township. Forty-five people died and several other people were maimed. The attackers were supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), a rival
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The Durban riot was an anti-Indian riot predominantly by Zulus targeting Indians in Durban, South Africa in January 1949. The riot resulted in the massacre of mostly poor Indians. In total 142 people died in the riot and another 1,087 people were injured. It also led to the destruction of 58 shops,
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217 wounded. The attack was carried out by a special task force of the ANC's Umkhonto we Sizwe led by Aboobaker Ismail. These units were approved by Oliver Tambo, ANC president, in 1979. At the time of the attack they reported to Joe Slovo, head of personnel. Tambo approved and gave permission for
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The South African Information Bureau claimed that police opened fire on two occasions, one after a grenade had been tossed at police and wounded four policemen. Residents said that the fighting started when local officials sought to evict tenants who had been refusing to pay their rents for two
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The rebellion started as a strike by white mineworkers on 28 December 1921 and shortly thereafter, it became an open rebellion against the state. Subsequently, the workers, who had armed themselves, took over the cities of Benoni and Brakpan, and the Johannesburg suburbs of Fordsburg and Jeppe.
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Zuma was taken into custody after declining to testify at the Zondo Commission, an inquiry into allegations of corruption during his term as president from 2009 to 2018. The Constitutional Court reserved judgment on Zuma's application to rescind his sentence on 12 July 2021. The South African
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The Marikana massacre was the single most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since 1960. The shootings have been described as a massacre in the South African media and have been compared to the Sharpeville massacre in 1960. Controversy emerged after it was
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Twenty-eight African National Congress supporters and one soldier were shot dead by the Ciskei Defence Force during a protest march when they attempted to enter Bisho (now renamed to Bhisho) to demand the reincorporation of Ciskei into South Africa during the final years of apartheid.
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signed between Dingane and Piet Retief two days before the massacre was later found on Retief's remains. A copy of the original still exists. The treaty led to the establishment of the Natalia Republic in 1838 which stretched from the Tugela River to present day Port St. Johns.
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of "neglect, starvation and dehydration.". "The Life Esidimeni inquest has concluded that former Gauteng MEC for health Qedani Mahlangu and the former head of Gauteng’s mental health services, Makgabo Manamela, were responsible for the deaths of some of the patients"
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On 25 November 1899 some of the Bechuanaland Kgatla, under Lentshwe and in alliance with the British under Colonel G. L. Holdsworth, attacked a Boer laager on the Bechuanaland border of the Transvaal. Two women were killed, and 17 women and children taken captive.
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shot at a crowd of funeral-goers stopped by them on Maduna Road in Uitenhage, on the anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre. The first shot was at a 15-year-old boy on a bicycle who joined the crowd from a side street and lifted his hand in a Black Power salute
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78 wounded. The Mayibuye Uprising was a sequence of protests and demonstrations, led by the ANC, South African Indian Congress and the African People's Organisation that took place around No.2 Location Galeshewe, in Kimberley, on 7–8 November 1952.
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and opened fire, killing four people and injuring five. The three APLA operatives—Humphrey Luyanda Gqomfa, Vuyisile Brian Madasi and Zola Prince Mabala—were convicted in November 1994 for what became known as the Heidelberg Massacre.
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The Saint James Church massacre was a massacre that was perpetrated by four terrorists of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA). Eleven members of the congregation were killed and an additional 58 members were wounded.
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Barend Strydom, acting alone, went on a shooting spree in the Pretoria city center. He specifically targeted black persons. He was disarmed by a black member of the public whilst reloading.
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and Harry Spendiff, were killed as the rebellion was quelled by state forces. The rebellion was eventually crushed by "considerable military firepower and at the cost of over 200 lives".
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Eight people were killed at a house. The shooting was reported to be related to a gang conflict between the Gupta and Boko Haram street gangs or drug-related.
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The teenage Afrikaner Johan Nel opened fire in Skierlik, a township near Swartruggens, killing 4 black people and injuring 8 in a racially motivated attack.
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A group of men armed with rifles and a pistol arrived and opened fire on patrons in the tavern. The perpetrators fled the scene and were not apprehended.
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A pipe bomb was placed inside a trailer and driven to the taxi rank in Germiston and was detonated at around 10am in the morning by members of the
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government reported that 354 people had died in the riots. As of 12 August 2022, 5,500 people had been arrested, in connection with the unrest."
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led the gathering to defend their land against a Union of South Africa police force led by Colonel Johan Davey and General Koos van der Venter.
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Boers and Bantu: a history of the wanderings and wars of the emigrant farmers from their leaving the Cape Colony to the overthrow of Dingan
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The mfecane / difaqane was a period of mass migration and warfare caused by the political changes that occurred during the reign of King
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Two men entered the Sweetwaters tavern and opened fire, before fleeing in a car. Two days later police arrested four suspects.
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8 killed. Seven of the nine victims died on scene (3 women and 4 men) whilst an eight victim died later in hospital.
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province) when security forces opened fire on thousands of young people who had gathered outside the magistrate's
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discovered that most of the victims were shot in the back, and many victims were shot far from police lines.
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The victims were murdered at a gay massage parlour on Graham Road by Adam Roy Woest and Trevor Basil Theys.
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Twenty-one prisoners are killed in a cell fire at the Queenstown Prison after they set fire to their cells.
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A car bomb was placed at a busy public transport hub in the Johannesburg city centre by members of the
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estimated 15,000 to 21,000 Zulus; which the Voortrekkers won. The battle is known as the
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The South African Police shoot a group of young black protesters who were protesting
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144 to date; 62 still not accounted for. Eight still missing as of 11 March 2020.
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Several communists and syndicalists, the latter including the strike leaders
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Lesotho, was not in line with ANC policy. Zondo was subsequently executed.
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The Lowveld massacre was an incident that occurred on 11 March 1986 at
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security guards opened fire, killing nineteen people. Twenty thousand
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supporters, attending a funeral vigil. The victims were in fact
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was killed last. The treaty handing over a tract of land to the
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as reprisal for an attack on his troops by pro-British locals.
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Limpet mine attack, then car bomb attack half an hour later.
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South African police shot down black protesters. 180 wounded
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officers to shoot and kill a group of people, thought to be
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women were killed, and 17 women and children taken captive
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Political assassinations in post-apartheid South Africa
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to protest during the trial of their fellow students.
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Battle of Salt River
Cape of Good Hope
Mfecane
Shaka
The Janse van Rensburg Trek massacre
Inhambane
Manukosi
Piet Retief Delegation massacre
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Piet Retief
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Weenen massacre
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Bloukrans River
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