Boipatong massacre
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The Boipatong massacre took place on 17 June 1992 in Boipatong, South Africa when mainly-Zulu dwellers from the KwaMadala Hostel for migrant workers went on a rampage through the township, killing 46 people.
The massacre caused the African National Congress to walk out of the negotiations to end apartheid, accusing the ruling National Party of complicity in the attacks.[1]. Subsequent judicial inquiries found no evidence of National Party or police involvement in the massacre [2]. However, talks resumed following the Bisho massacre in September 1992, when the spectre of violent confrontation made it clear that negotiations were the only way forward.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Boipatong Massacre. ANC (18 June 1992). Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ Boipatong: South Africas Founding Myth.
- ^ Mandela, Nelson (1994). Long Walk to Freedom.
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