Boipatong, Gauteng
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Boipatong is a township near Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1955 to house black residents who worked in Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging.
[edit] Boipatong massacre
It was the site of the infamous Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992, when 46 township residents were massacred by local hostel-dwellers. This happened at a time when negotiations towards the end of Apartheid in South Africa were in progress.
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More detailed information on this massacre is availabel from the book They're Burning the Churches by Patrick Noonan (Jacana Media)
