Yet, limited scholarly attention has been given to the details of this event. The politics of a massacre and the south african transition. The boipatong massacre is one of the bloodiest and brutal moments of popular violence that engulfed south africa in the decade between. Events in the dusty hitherto obscure vaal township of boipatong on the night. The boipatong massacre took place on the night of 17 june 1992 in the township of boipatong. The boipatong massacre and south africas democratic transition. We have been instructed by our client that they have. The attack of 45 township residents was carried out by armed men from the steelworks residence kwamadala hostel, which was located roughly 1 km from the township.
Beginning in nearby sebokeng and sharpeville townships, popular violence spread across south africa, passing boipatong by. Boipatong massacre the trick blame the anc june 18 captain craig kobe. Boipatong massacre pdf the boipatong massacre pictured throughout was an incident involving a mass attack by armed men who lived in the inkatha freedom. Boipatong massacre, the response of the south african police to the slovo park massacre is the same as its response to the former massacre as it is viewed as one incident. The massacre is also frequently cited as an example of. Boipatong massacre 17 june 1992 south african history. The boipatong massacre is one of the bloodiest and brutal moments of popular violence that engulfed south africa in the decade between 1984 and 1993. Boipahong year, the massacre was commemorated with a wreathlaying ceremony, followed by the second official opening of the boipatong monument. Commemoration service on the17 th june to mark the 18 th anniversary of the boipatong massacre at the boipatong stadium. The identity of one of the attackers, such as contained in paragraph 8. Men, women and children, and even those in their mothers womb were hack ed to death.
The boipatong massacre took place on the night of 17 june 1992 in the township of boipatong, south africa. This happened at a time when convention for a democratic south africa negotiations towards the end of. We refer to the above and advise that we represent the congress of south african trade unions cosatu. This book considers the underlying forensics of the boipatong massacre, but more. Life, which hitherto offered only suffering, was snuffed out by men so low, that they could only attack at the dead of night when the shadows. By contrast, this was corroborated by just one problematic applicant andries nosenga whose patchy evidence was dismissed unconditionally by the committee. It has been 28 years since our country was shocked by the gruesome events that took place on the 17th of june 1992. The boipatong massacre is broadly viewed as evidence of a third. The boipatong massacre revisited the omalley archives. And so on june 18, koizc dutifully told a disbelieving world thai the boipatong massacre was. Mofokeng will report back to the people of boipatong on the progress made thus far with regard to the development and. Death in boipatong the dead ofboipatong more than forty people were massacred at boipatong on wednesday 17 june. It was the site of the infamous boipatong massacre on 17 june 1992, when 46 township residents were massacred by local hosteldwellers. Boipatong massacre was one of the reasons that led to the.