3.14 16/6/92 fw's visit to ulundi under fire star 14- 3.15 ...s visit to ulundi .... under fire...
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3.14 16/6/92
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FW's visit to Ulundi .... under fire Star
Expose of covertops... (Thys Nolte... Kwa-Madala) Weekly Mail
Biko's killer named New Nation
Commission fed Pro-poganda - witness Weekly Mail
Decisive Action against the Hostels- SAP style (example of their inactions)
Comment : (Police incompetence) Sowetan
NP uses Mass Actionto own advantage Weekly Mail
IFP out on bailafter arms seizure New Nation
3.22 16/6/92 ICJ blame IFP forcontinuing violence New Nation
4.1 18/6/92 34 Slaughtered Star4 . 2 - i i - T V > o l ^ o u J L o |
Ray Nxumalo
Linda Rulache
Melody McDougall
5.1 19/6/92 Agony of Boipatong Star Bronwyn Wilkinson
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19/6/92 Police Man - Gun toHead Star Monica Oosterbroek
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19/6/92 11000 Killed since'84 Sowetan Ruth Bhengu I 4
19/6/92 Night of Terror New Nation
19/6/92 Anger of Massacre Sowetan
19/6/92 ....Toll rises to39 Citizen Tony Stirling
Martin McGhee
19/6/92 ... Accusations fly Star
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19/6/92 39 die in goryVaal ..... Sowetan Kenosi Modiane
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19/6/92 .... launched fromKwa Madala Hostel.. Weekly Mail
19/6/92 The night Boipatongbled Star William Mclean
19/6/92 Bitter Row overMassacre Star Bronwyn Wilkinson
Melody McDougall It
19/6/92 Comment : Massacre CitizenI 'o
19/6/92 De Klerk shocked Citizen Brian Stuart
19/6/92 Not Involved :IFP Citizen
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15 19/6/92 SAP Thrown off track- major Star Bronwyn Wilkinson
Melody McDougall
16 19/6/92 Before the BloodDries Star
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1 21/6/92 De Klerk xxxxx Act Sun. Star
2 21/6/92 CODESA could crumble Sun. Star
3 21/6/92 Butchers of Boi- patong City Press
4 21/6/92 Nats Wait backlash Sun Star
5 21/6/92 Sympathy visit Insight
6 21/6/92 Police open fire - FW flees Sun. Star
7 21/6/92 Dogs of War City Press
8 21/6/92 FW Flees Boipatong City Press
9 21/6/92 Residents set upcurfew City Press
Editorial
David Breier
Sophie Tema
David Breier
Jonae Raulau Peta Thornycroft
Moses Mamaila
Moses Mamaila
Sophie Tema
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7.10 21/6/92 Why did Police Shoot Sun. Star
7.11 21/6/92 Weekend of Violence
7.12 21/6/92 Beasts tear heartout of Boipatong Sun. Star
7.13 21/6/92 Battle Chants ringout at Kwa-Madala Citizen
Peter de lonno
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8. 22/6/92 Photo Assoc. Press
8.1 22/6/92 Vaal restarts Stay-Away Sowetan
8.2 22/6/92 Angry ANC (out ofCODESA) Star
8.3 22/6/92 Editorial Document Bus. Day
Ike Motsapi
Brian Sekutu Esther Waugh
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8.4 22/6/92 De Klerk threatenEmergency Sowetan
8.5 22/6/92 Mandela - talks areoff Sowetan
8.6 22/6/92 ANC breaks talks Citizen
8.7 22/6/92 Township pivotal inPol war Star
Sonti Maseko
Patrick Laurence
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8.8 22/6/92 Cold war growschillier Sowetan
8.9 22/6/92 No, Mr. de Klerk Sowetan
8.10 22/6/92 Boipatong Bus. Day
8.11 22/6/92 Churchmen call forAction Star
8.12 22/6/92 Suspicion of policeon rise Citizen
8.13 22/6/92 Residents' versionof shooting Star
8.14 22/6/92 Peace Accord not intatters Star
8.15 22/6/92 Dirty Tricks excopy tells all Sowetan
9.1 23/6/92 Police detain Kwa-Madala Hosteldwellers Bus. Day
9.2 23/6/92 Mandela - UN Help Citizen
9.3 23/6/92 Groups condemnmassacre Sowetan
Themba Molefe
Editorial
Editorial
McCauley
Micahel Sparks
Hall
Dirk Hartford Patrick Burger
Tlokgadi Pela
9.4 23/6/92 FW responsible : Hendrickse Citizen
9.5 23/6/92 Boipatong gloom &depression Citizen
9.6 23/6/92 Aid for families Sowetan
9.7 23/6/92 Probe : 5 held Citizen
9.8 23/6/92 ANC ... Codesa ... decision Star
9.9 23/6/92 Swanieville.....reprised.... Boipatong Bus. Day
9.10 23/6/92 ANC, PAC.... Dayof Mourning Sowetan
9.11 23/6/92 .... Hostel menheld Sowetan
9.12 23/6/92 Relief Fund - victims Citizen
9.13 23/6/92 FW makes U-turn Sowetan
9.14 23-24/6 PAC, AZAPO statements(Demands on Government Police investigate
SAPA Reports
Tony Stirling
Peter Fabricius Esther Waugh
Letta Pitman
Kenosi Modisane
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KMH : KMH restructions Statements on Violence Generally & 32 Batal- lion)
1 24/6/92 ANC ... out of CODESA Sowetan Themba Molefe
2 24/6/92 Baffling trend in ...... hunt Sowetan Mathatha Tsedu
.3 24/6/92 Full text ....ANC statement
.4 24/6/92 Editorial
.5 24/6/92 Boipatong death toll .... 48
,6 24/6/92 ANC withdraws ... CODESA
.1 24/6/92 Police clamp KMH .... lifted
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8 24/6/92 SAP lift clamp Star
9 24/6/92 Restore Police Credibility
10 24/6/92 Vaal faces strike.. Bus. Day
Bronwyn Wilkenson Melody McDougall
Star Allister Sparks
Dirk Hartford Wilson Zwane
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10.11 24/6/92 Comment Bus. Day
11.1 25/6/92 No witnesses .... probe Bus. Day Wilson Zwane
11.2 25/6/92 Another Vaal Victim Sowetan Kenosi Modisane
11.3 25/6/92 Big March....funeral Sowetan
U . 4 — - 3ci. r^otkcr fears kxLUss- risur*.Ike Motsapi
12.1 19 - 25 Massacre from Iscor/6/92 Hostel Weekly Mail Philippa Garson
12.2 Closing Hostels ...not solution Weekly Mail Eddie Koch• i , C J- 2
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15.1 28/6/92 Massacre Confession Sun. Star
15.2 28/6/92 On the inside ... (KMH) Sun. Star
J o k t \ / t t r l r v ^
Jacques Pauw
Denis Beckett Rian Malan T
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30/6/92 Hostels - home tokillers Sowetan Tsedu Mathatha
30/6/92 Mourners slam FW Star Sharon JohnsonBronwyn Wilkinson Brian Sokutu
30/6/92 Press assaulted Star/ u e / / h y e . o u 'S f a r )
S t i l l / t c c r e S'fas' )
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2/7/92 SAPA : Police blame KMH inmates not IFP: Buthelezi- "10 killed were IFP": S Vos Statements : Gold- stone submissions - Maj Davidson, Tokoyo : Unrest reports : Police admissions on violence.
2/7/92 ANC... puzzles USA Sowetan
2/7/92 ANC, Police inwar of words Citizen Chris Steyn
2/7/92 Militant mood inVaal Sowetan
3/7/92 Who will PolicePolice New Nation
3/7/92 New fact .... S.A.Government frontxxxxxx. New Nation
20.3 3/7/92 Where mass .... wayof life Weekly Mail
20.4 3/7/92 Fierce .... message(funeral) Weekly Mail
20.5 3/7/92 Denials put to test New Nation
20.6 3/7/92 Don't blame us (SAP) New Nation
20.7 3/7/92 Reformer - now demon Star
20.8 3/7/92 No hope unless police.... book Weekly Mail
20.9 3/7/92 What Police aren'tinvestigating Weekly Mail
20.10 3/7/92 Witnesses fear ... Weekly Mail
20.11 3/7/92 ....allegations false Star
20.12 3/7/92 Denials put to test New Nation
20.13 3/7/92 10 IFP died in Massacre Star
21.1 4/7/92 Blooddbath___averted Sat. Star
Beahur Baker
Editorial
Patrick Laurence
Allister Sparks
Ivor Powell
Linda Rulashe Jacguie Golding
Zingina Mkhuma
Kaizer Nyatsumba
Joe Louw Brian Sekotu Abbey Makoe
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5/7/92 Gunshots echo history City Press Themba Khumalo
6/7/92 De Klerk reneges onhostels Citizen
6/7/92 FW forgot pact onhostels Star
6/7/92 No progress on hostels Bus. Day Tjep Rawana
6/7/92 Comment Sowetan Aggrey Klaaste 37/7/92 No evidence FW in
volved Citizen
7/7/92 "Ignored" GoldstoneStar Shaun Johnson
Helen Grange
7/7/92 Double challenge for Goldstone Star Esther Waugh 4
7/7/92 Calls ignored : Goldstone Citizen
7/7/92 Comment : Shameful Citizen
7/7/92 Violence : Goldstoneclears Government Sowetan
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24.7 7/7/92 Judge raps Government ..... Bus. Day Tim Cohen
24.8 7/7/92 Judge invited byANC Bus. Day
24.9 7/7/92 ANC should apologise Citizen
24.10 7/7/92 SAP... control...KMH Star
24.11 7/7/92 Demands of boycott Bus. Day
25. 8/7/92 Onwards
25.1 13/7/92 What is "proof" inSAP? Weekly Mail
25.2 13/7/92 AAM to hostviolence hearing Citizen
25.3 13/7/92 SAP to host risein police attacks Bus. Day
25.4 13/7/92 Police slain inSebokeng Star
26. 1/8/92 The Day the PoliticalClock was turned Die SuidBack Afrikaans
Chris Steyn
Zingia Nkhuraa
Theo Rawana
Phillip van Niekerk
Ray Hartley
John Carlin
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6/8/92 SAP were warned ..... claim Citizen
6/8/92 Killers dropped off Star
6/8/92 Police Knew of Attack Star Phillip Zoio
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7/8/92 Whites took partin massacre Citizen
7/8/92 Whites aided ....killers Star
7/8/92 SAP visit causesconcern Star
Phillip Zoio
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7/8/92 White men murderedmy brother Business Day Kathryn Strac-
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8/8/92 Police reply to experts Sat. Star Phillip Zoio
30.2 8/8/92 Boipatong : SAP sets 16 steps Citizen
1 9/8/92 Security forces inthe dock
2 9/8/92 Probe Police andall armies
3 9/8/92 Judge urges SADFInguiry
1 11/8/92 SADF, SAP presentat massacre
2 11/8/92 Goldstone : Pressreport incorrect
3 11/8/92 Cutting to the Bone
1 12/8/92 Boipatong : officersuspended
2 12/8/92 Sounds of Silence
1 13/8/92 I saw casspir onnight
2 13/8/92 Experts to hearTapes
3 13/8/92 Why tapes werewiped clean
Sun. Star
Sun. Star
Sun. Times
Citizen
Citizen
Business Day
Business Day
Star
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Sowetan
Citizen
Petra Thorny- croft
David Breier
Comment
Ray Hartley
Phillip Zoio
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34.4 13/8/92 Police told me toalter evidence Weekly Mail Jacquie Golding
34.5 13/8/92 Const, threatenedwith violence SAPA Adrienne Carl
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34.6 13/8/92 Professionalism ofPolice is dead Sowetan Mathatha Tsedu
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36.1 15/8/92 Goldstone wraps U p SAPA Adrienne Carl
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ANC Press Statement SAPA
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|rhe statement issued last night by the national execu tive committee of the African National Congress.
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✓ T he N a tio n a l £ partv regime of ■ f c F W de Klerk has
brought our country to the brink of disaster. Riddled with corruption and m ism anagement. the regime is de termined to block any advance to democracy.I t pursues a strategy which embraces negotiations. together with systematic covert actions, including m urder, involv ing its sec u rity forces and surrogates.
This subversion ol political processes to destroy the dem ocratic movement in South Africa. led by the ANC, can- not be allowed to prevail any longer. We cannot to le ra te a s itu a tio n where the regime's contro l of S ta te pow er allows it the space to deny and cover up its role in fostering and fomenting violence.
The Boipatong massacre is one of the most chilling instances of the consequences of the actions of the De Klerk regime. Before the people of South Africa and the B a^ of in te rn a tio n a l opinion, it cannot escape culpabilitv.
What is a t issue is more than the crisis of the negotiations process. The fundamental reason fo r th e d ead lo ck is whether there is to be democratic change, or w hite m ino rity veto cowers Ther* is_«niv
ic the violence.• Ensure that all repression in some of the self- governing states, and in the so-called independent states, is ended forthwith.
Our people are compelled to live in a perpetual state of fear — be it in their homes, on their way to work, in trains and’ taxis, at funerals and vigils, at their places of work and entertainment.This is the stark reality.
Between July 1990 and April 1992 there have been 261 a tta c k s on township residents by hostel inmates, which led to 1207 deaths and 3 697 injuries.
We further demand that the regime implem ents agreem ents on curbing violence reached with the ANC almost a year ago. In particular.• The immediate implem entation of the programme to phase out the hretpic and convert them into family unit accommodation.• Installation of fences around these establish- men is.• Guarding of these hostels by security forces on a permanent basis, monitored by m u ltila te ra l peace structures, and the expulsion of those who occupy the hostels ille- gallv.• R egu lar searches ol hostels with the particip ation of m u lti la te ra l «earf «tnir*nr»«
s tru g g le re m a in the surest basis for realising peace and stability.
We call on the entire people of our country, inc luding the business community, to join in observing June 29 as a national dav of mourning and solidarity with the victims of the Boipatong massacre as the dead are buried.
Appeal to the international community:The National Party regime is acting in contempt of the wishes of the international community for a speedy end to apartheid. Now. more than ever, the international community is re quired to compel the De Klerk regime to bring violence to an end and to commit itself to solutions based on internationally accepted democratic principles.
In consultation with sporting bodies, we shall be reviewing the forthcom ing in te rn a tio n a l sports engagements involving South Africa.
We appeal to the United N a tio n s S e c u rity Council to convene as a m atter of urgency to undertake measures which will help stop the violence and reinforce our efforts aimed at bringing ab o u t a d * m o r-a t ic
including m urder, inv o lv in g its s e c u r ity forces and surrogates.
This subversion of political processes to des tro y the dem ocratic movement in South Africa. led bv the ANC. cannot be allowed to prevail anv longer. We cannot to le r a te a s itu a tio n where the regime’s cont r o l of S ta te pow er allows it the space to denv and cover up its role" in fostering and fomenting violence.
The Boipatong m assacre is one of the most chilling instances of the consequences of the actions of the De Klerk regime Before the people of South Africa and the B a r of in te rn a tio n a l opinion, it cannot escape culpability.: W hat is a t issue is more than the crisis of the negotiations process. The fundamental reason fo r th e d e ad lo ck is
j whether there is to be I dem ocratic change, or
w h ite m in o rity veto pow ers. There is only one way forward. It is a road which must unmis- ukablv and unequivocally lead to the establishm ent of a dem ocratic South Africa.
To this end it is necessary that the De Klerk regime agrees to:• The creation of a democratically elected and sovereign constituent assem b ly to d ra f t and adopt a new constitution.• The establishment of
, an interim government - of national unity, which I is the only way all South
Africans will recognise th a t the country shall have moved decisively to end white minority rule.
Demands on the regime:# T h e regime must immediately end its campaign of terror against the people and the democratic movement In this regard it must immediately carry out the follow- mg measures:• Terminate all covert operations including hit- squad activity.• Disarm, disband and confine to barracks all special forces as well *s detachments made up of foreign nationals• Suspend and prosecute all officers and security force personnel involved
work and entertainment.Tr.i; is the stark reality.
between July 1990 and April 1992 there have been 261 a tta c k s on township residents by hoste! inmates, which led to 1207 deaths and 3 697 injuries.
We further demand that the regime implements agreem ents on curbing violence reached with the ANC almost a vear ago. In particular.• The immediate implementation of the programme to phase out the hostels and convert them intc family unit accommodation.• installation of fences around these establishments.• Guarding of these hostels bv security forces on a permanent basis, monitored by m u ltila te ra l peace structures, and the expulsion of those who occupy the hostels illegally. . -• Regular searches of hostels with the participation of m u ltila te ra l peace structures.• Banning the carrying of all dangerous weapons in public on all oc^a‘ sions, including so-called cultural weapons.
We insist that the regime agree to:• The implementation of the universal demand requiring at least the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the Boipatong m assacre and all acts of violence as well as international monitoring of the violence.• Release all political prisoners forthwith.• Repeal all repressive leg islation , including those laws which were so hastilv passed during the last days of the recent session of Parliament-
Call to the people of South Africa:The crisis caused by the reg im e co n stitu tes a challenge to all South Africans to unite in a broad movement for democracy, peace and justice now. We all, black and w hite to g e th e r , share the responsibility to stop the regime from plunging our country into chaos and anarchy.
The ANC shall consult all form ations with a view to holding a sum- mit to unite and mobilise our people against continued white m inority rule and for democracy Unity disciplined
Appeal to the international community:The National Party regime is acting in contempt of the wishes of the international community for a speedy end to apartheid. Now, more than ever, the international community is re quired to compel the De Klerk regim e to bring violence to an end and to commit itself to solutions based on internationally accepted democratic principles.
jn consultation with sporting bodies, we shall be reviewing the forthcom ing in te rn a tio n a l sports engagements involving South Africa.
We appeal to the United N a tio n s S e c u rity Council to convene as a matter of urgency to undertake measures which will help stop the violence and reinforce our efforts aimed at bringing a b o u t a d e m o c ra tic order.
We call on the international community to act in solidarity with our people on the day of the funeral for the victims of the Boipatong massacre.In particular we appeal to all workers throughout the world not to handle South African carriers and goods on this day.
On negotiations:The ANC reaffirm s its commitment to a negotiated resolution of the conflict in our country which would bring about democracy, peace and justice. The refusal of the regim e to accep t such a settlement compelled the NEC to review the current negotiations process.
The ANC has no option but to break off bilateral and Codesa negotiations.
The NEC will be keeping the situation under continuous review. The response and practical steps taken by the De Klerk regim e to these dem ands w ill p lay • critical role in determining the d irection and speed with which bona fide nego tia tions can take place The decisions taken today will be conveyed to the regime by ANC p res iden t A Nelson Mandela WU as soon as possi- M ble. '
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A N C b r e a K s ^ o f t t a l k sFROM PAGE 1ral meeting scheduled for tomorrow with the De Klerk government.
Instead, the ANC Natrona! Executive Committee (NEC) would hold an argent meeting that day to discuss its options.
“1 can no longer explain to our people why we continue to talk to a government which is murdering our people.
“We are back in the Sharpeville days," he said. “The gulf between the oppressed and the oppressor has become un- brcachable."
Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa) delegates had previously stated that wttbout a breakthrough in bilateral talks between the government and the ANC. there could be no prop ess in negotiations lor democracy.
At a Press conference afcej tbe ^ally. Mr Man- Aeia s a tf 'th f ppsmbn of' ANC* delegates, doe to’’
meet in a Codesa subcommittee today, was “as it is** pending alternative instruct mhis from the ANC leadership after to morrow's NEC meeting.
Questions about supporters' calk at the rally for a more militant political approach. Mr Mandela said: “The duty of a mass organisation is to listen to the masses. We must take account of their feelings, but that is a matter for the NEC."
Youngsters at the gathering shouted “We want arms", and held aloft placards reading: “Mandela give us permission to kill our enemies”.
At the rally. the ANC leader reacted strongly to Mr De Klerk s threat of a possible reintroduction of a State of Emergency.
“Let me warn him The introduction of antidemocratic measures today will result in a defiance campaign, with me leading that defiance Campaign.- Be-tola cheering S u p p o r t e r s ? >
The ANC would continue its campaign of mass action, he said.
He also called for a day of national mourning and stavaway on the day of tbe funeral of Boipatong massacre victims, the date of which is yet to be announced.
The ANC would request that its leader be permitted to address a special session of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday night’s massacre.
Putting the blame for the carnage on the government's shoulders. Mr Mandela claimed the kill- mgs were “the result of contingency plans" by the State President to counter the A N C s mass action campaign aimed at forcing an. interim government.
In a strongly worded attack, be criticised the state’s apparent inability to quell South Africa’s violence, which claimed at lea&t LI2 lives in ibe past week. Ar least 17 people
died in unrest, mostly in the Vaal Triangle, at the weekend.
“Just as the Nazis in Germany killed people because they were Jews, in South Africa (Mr) De Klerk, the National Party and lnkatha (Freedom Party) are killing people \imply because they are Blacks." an angry Mr Mandela charged.
He criticised what he described as Mr De Klerk's audacity in trying to visit Boipatong where people had been killed with weapons legalised by his government. “We welcome his sympathy, but it comes with crocodile tears".
Mr Mandela said the ANC had made an initial donation of R 100 000 towards a disaster fund for unrest victims nationwide and challenged the government to “contribute more than the R8 million of taxpayers' money they gave to lnkatha" — a reference'*© the **lnkatha- gate"scandal.'*-^ Sapi^'
Mandela sayst a t KS between the ANC and the G overnm ent w e r e te m p o r a r ily suspended b ,- M r N d j -Mandela yesterday, whenhe accused Stale Pres^dent FW de Klerk of complicity in the massacre
the same again” after the massacre, which he described as the work of beasts an* not human beings.
Mandela said his coming to the Vaal had nothing whatsoever to do” with De K lerk's disastrous visit to
our future political work, we will not forget what De KJerK, the National Party and Inkathatn our neorfe 1 have never seen such cruelty, ne saia.
He told the seething crowd, waving ■ ..We wanl arms” that he had called off a planned
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i n s ta t e d Comrade (Cyril) Ramaphosa that he and his delegation will not hold any further discussions with the
re^He announced that the ANC would also be holding * i ' emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the future of
t- nnl ciavawav “a day of mourning throughout the countty” ^ n d a^ of the burial o f the victims of
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pull out of CodesaBy B rian Sokutu and E i th e r WaughBy Brian Sokutu and E sther Waugh
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ANC leader Nelson Mandela yesterday suspended ta lk s w ith the G overn m ent and announced that
, the o rgan isa tion was to ! rev iew its partic ip a tio n In Codesa. plunging the negotiations process into its roost se r io u s c r is is s in ce its incep tion two years ago.
“The negotiation process is completely in tatters," Mr Manaela said after paying a visit yesterday to the site of Wednesday's m assacre of squatters at Boipatong in the Vaal Triangle.
Addressing about 20 000 ANC supporters at Evaton, near V anderbijlpark. Mr * Mandela said an emergency meeting of the full ANC national executive committee had been called for tomorrow to review its participation in Codesa.
He said he had also instructed ANC secretary-general Cyril Ramaphosa to cancel a bilateral meeting with the Government scheduled for tomorrow.
Last night, acting State President Pik Botha, deputising for Mr de Klerk during his trip to Spain, said the Government remained committed to finding a solution through negotiations.
He called for urgent talks with the ANC to discuss ti»e facts and issues around tne Boipatong massacre.
Constitutional Development Minister Roelf Meyer had phoned Mr Ramaphosa to arrange an urgent meeting about the massacre but by last night the ANC had not responded.
It was regrettable that the ANC had opted for "escapism ” when an “objective analysis of the facts aDd a clinical deliberation" about the violence were needed, •aid Mr Botha.
The ANC knew that its programme of mass action would increase tension in the country , he added.
Deputy Constitutional Development Minister Dr Ter- tius Delport told The Star the ANC was looking for a reason to suspend talks with the Government
"They have the ir own agenda for doing so. The tragic events in Boipatong have made it more imperative that all parties talk about the future." be said.
Should the ANC decide to• To Page 3 *I
Angry ANC threatens to pull out of Codesa
• From Page 1 auspend its participation in Codesa. the Government would continue talking to those who wanted to have discussions.
Speaking after touring the massacre scene at Boipatong and Slovo Park. Mr Mandela taid he could “no longer explain to my people why we continue to ta lk to the regime which continues to murder our people”.
According to the ANC, at least 43 people died in the attack which they have blamed on lnkatha supporters.
Angry youths called for the resumption of the armed struggle as Mr Mandela told the crowd at Evaton's stadium: “We’re are now back to the Sharpeville days, and the gap existing between the oppressor and the oppressed has overnight become unbridgeable."
He reacted strongly to Mr de Klerk’s statement on Saturday about-possible new measures to curb violence.
After being driven from Boipatong by angry crowds. Mr de Klerk said further steps would be considered if the violence did not end Declaring a state of emergency was an option, but one be hoped to avoid.
Yesterday, Mr Mandela said: “Let me warn him. The introduction of an ti-dem ocra tic measures will result in a defiance campaign, with me leading that defiance campaign."
The ANC leader added that the organisation would continue its campaign of mass action.
Arriving at Boioatong. Mr Mandela and SACP chairman Joe Slovo were greeted with p la ca rd s held by m ilitan t youths which read: “Codesa. a white elephant, le t's fight” ; “Mandela, we want arms now"; and “Mandela, give us permission to kill our enemies
Mr Mandela cautioned the militants, saying: "As we brace ourselves for what lies ahead, we must call for discipline among our ranks. Don’t allow yourseives to be provoked into unplanned violence.”
Mr Mandela said the ANC had made an initial donation of R100 000 towards a disaster fund for unrest victims nationwide and challenged the Governm ent to contribute more than the R8 million of taxpayers' money it had given to the lnkatha Freedom Party.
Democratic Party leader Dr Zach de Beer said: ”1 understand the rage on the ground, but still appeal to the ANC to stay in the negotiation process."
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COMMENT
W \fcDay of mourning
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IELSON Mandela hac withdrawn the ANC from Codesa sT d fh ^ ,d yesterda>' that out- President De Klerk has fnr j ^ p or mediation could be the first time, conceded ’that rnnfPe<i SiJ ° f ed that he is not fully in
south Africa needs outside heln to ! situation; that he convolve its crisis. Both are the act? o{ r n t f l f°rCeS’ that he cann°t easily rmen nearing their wits’ ends abom f are aPParently at work; -how to end the violence and how £ ™ sees help™ a -take South Africa into a peacefS p " 5 ,°f defusing the situatk>n future. ^ aCefu] . Paradoxically, the ANC’s with-
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start stayawayBy IKE MOTSAPI
RESIDENTS c i le six Vaal Triangle black townships will slay away f iw work today to mourn the deaths of 42 victims of the 3 >ipatong carnage. *
The affected townships are: Boipatong, Sharpeville, Sebokeng, Evaton, Zamdela and Bophelong.
Residents demand that Inkatha members based at KwaMadala hostel be rem oved from the area and that police presently based in the Vaal area be withdrawn immediately.
And a mass meeting will be held at the Boipatong Stadium at 10am today to decide, among other things, whether to continue with an indefinite work stayaway.
Funeral arrangements of the dead will also be discussed.The "ttarV on Wednesday night is alleged to have been
I carried by members of Inkaiha who are based at Iscor s KwaMadala Hostel in Vanderbijl Park industrial centre.
Three more people were killed and more than 22 injured during State President FW de K lerk 's visit to the area on Saturday when police opened fired on residents who
i allegedly chased him away.Police were nowhere to be seen yesterday. Only a police
j helicopter monitored the proceedings at regular intervals.M eanwhile the National Council o f Trade Unions
(Nactu) on Friday said it was ready to embark on a national industrial action to “register our anger at the regime s unwillingness to protect the lives of our people and security force complicity in these attacks .
Nactu also called for an urgent meeting between itseU, the Congress of SA Trade Unions, u n a f f i l .a ^ Uade unions, churches, the ANC, Azapo, Inkatha, PAC, SACP, New Unity Movement and W osa to address the all-consuming violence.
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Aftermath: Relatives weep as the bodies of two men are removed from a housePBOtn: EUT *0«C
H E savage arm ed inva- T ' s io n o f V aal to w n sh ip
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; I d e ad — h as fo cu sed ' re n ew e d a tte n tio n on
Isc o r a n d its kw aM adala hostel, th e a lleg ed s p r in g b o a rd o f th e a ttack .
T he tim ing o f the m assacre, on W ednesday night, also h in ts a t a d e lib e ra te a tte m p t to stoke violence a n d d e ra i l th e A fr ic a n N ational C ongress’s m ass action c a m p a ig n , w h ich go t o f f to a r e m a rk a b ly p e ac e fu l s t a r t on Soweto Day this week.
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D esp ite B o ip a to n g r e s id e n ts ’ in s is te n c e t h a t k w a M a d a la in m a tes w ere re sp o n sib le , L aw a n d O r d e r sp o k e sm a n C ra ig Kotze linked the m assacre to the ANC cam paign, stating that it had “ c rea ted a c lim ate in w hich violence could easily happen”.
kw aM adala, a disused Iscor hostel occupied in 1990 by ln k a th a - supporting w orkers, is widely seen as an ln k a th a m ilitary base a t the centre o f the Vaal’s ongoing politi
cal violence. Iscor, w hich adm its m any of its inm ates a re no longer em ployees, has resisted repeated calk fo r it to be sh u t down.
“ We are not going b ack to w ork u n til th is is s o r te d o u t ,” a B o ip a to n g w o rk e r to ld us. “ We expect o u r com panies to tell Iscor to rem o v e th ese p e o p le fro m k w aM adala . T hese people being housed th ere are the problem for the comm unity. T his k ind of thing has happened before.”
In a s ta te m e n t y e s te rd a y , the S o u th A f r ic a n C o u n c il o f C h u rc h e s sa id its V aal a ffilia te
• C o n tin u e d o n P A G E 2
Among the bloodstained clothes were two white rubber g lo ve s... wom by themaraudingmen
Massacre launchedfromIscor's hostel
•F ro m PAGE 1had subm itted evidence to the G oldstone Commission to the effect that most o f the violence in the Vaal emanated from kwaM adala hostel.
The Vaal Civic Association has called for a stayaway today and plans are afoot to launch a consumer boy con to protest against the killings.
There have been numerous claims o f security j force backing for kwaM adala. Last year the
• SADF sparked a furore byrecruiting some o f its inmates as commandos. A police warrant officer, T)iys Nolte, is also alleged to have taken part in the planning o f anti-ANC attacks at the hostel (See Page 7).
Residents interviewed by The Weekly Mail say police failed to respond to pleas for help when the attack started. O thers claim police Casspirs appeared mainly concerned with d ispersing “comrades” mobilising against the attackers.
As far as could be determined, all of the dead, 'XKt of them women and children, were town-
*’o residents.b y midday yesterday the death toll was 43 —
including a nine-month pregnant woman and a nine-month-old baby, both o f whom had been speared to death— but police were still removing corpses.
ANC generaJ-secretary Cyril Ramaphosa and South African Communist Party chairman Joe Slovo were scheduled to address a mass meeting la ter in the day, a fte r a b riefing w ith Vaal activists.
Residents say the massacre was a revenge
attack sparked by the killing o f an lnkatha supporter and Boipatong resident, David Mbele, last weekend.
A mob of about 200 men wearing white headbands, tackies and gloves and bearing weapons rampaged through the township and the adjoining Slovo Park squatter camp from about 9pm on Wednesday night, indiscriminately hacking people, breaking windows, and looting. In one street, as many as 12 houses had been vandalised and looted.
Yesterday, angry comrades who had set up barricades at every street com er thronged the streets, itching for revenge, amidst a heavy presence of police and soldiers from 21 Battalion. By midday rampaging comrades had set alight the houses o f a policeman and lnkatha member.
Late yesterday police were still removing bodies from houses and shacks around the township. Women wailed as they saw corpses being taken off to the government mortuary.
One resident o f a house where two men were slain said a white man, wearing a black balaclava was among a group of “five Zulus*’ who came to attack the dwelling.
Stunned residents were still washing the blood off their floors and boarding up broken windows. O uside one house lay a blood-soaked mat on which three people had been killed.
One woman, huddled with others around the body o f her mother. Belina Lerobane, 5£, told hcrw a mob of men broke w indow’s and stormed the house at about 10pm. “My mother wc»ke up, I followed her. We were afraid. After that I hid under the bed. I heard the men say they want ANC members.” The grieving woman said her m other had been undressed by the men and stabbed to death. The TV set and hi-fi had been smashed and the telephone destroyed.
In one house, where three adult siblings were hacked to death, a stunned Jake Letsoko told how his two brothers had been killed in their beds His sister Anna had jum ped out o f the window to avoid the a ttackers but w as fo llow ed and butchered outside.
Letsoko pointed to a gruesome heap of bloodstained dothes, among which lay two w hite rubber gloves, which relatives said had been wom by one o f the marauding men.
Shackdweller Elizabeth Kolatswewu told how
her sister-in-law Elisa Mbatha had knocked on the door. “ I could hear her children crying from the shack next door. I opened the door and she fell on the floor. She was stabbed and chopped on her neck. She died there on the floor."
Kolatswewu said Mbatha fell with her baby still strapped to her hack — the child had been hacked on Che arm, but survived.
Many residents said police had arrived hours after being phoned for help.
“ I told the police what was happening and they asked where the comrades were, because they were supposed to be patrolling the township," said Charles Neluheni, whose grandmother was stabbed to death.
The fence surrounding Neluheni s house had been m ow ed dow n by a police Casspir, he ciaimcd. Weekly Mail reporters w itnessed deep track marks on the grass.
Sebokeng hospital superintendent Dr Coenie M omberg lold Weekly Mail 17 people, mostly w ith slab and hack wounds, had so far been adm itted. Seven o f them are children ranging from four to 10 years and two children aged about five are in inteasive care.
Police commissioner General Johan van der Merwe said he was “most concerned a! the tragic and senseless murder of a number of people in Boipatong township”. Van der Merwe said intensive steps had been taken to investigate the killings and that Major-General Hannes Gloy, commander of the Special Investigation Unit set up by the National Peace Accord, would head the investigation. i
portance, w hether the security forces were involved.
However, tragedy that it undoubtedly is, B oipatong is also being singled out for special a tten tion by the ANC to justify pulling out of negotiations, and it has accordingly lavished the greatest possible attention on the incident ANC Inform ation chief Pa- llo Jordan adm itted as much in his attributing the present outburst of p ro test to the A N C ’s mass action publicity campaign.
It is right that attention is focused upon B oipatong, bu t as two articles published in The Star amply illum inate, the headlines d o n ’t comprise the whole story.
F irst is a jo in t sto ry w ritten by Rian Malan and Dennis Beckett entitled "O n th e In s id e L ooking O u t”, prefaced by the remark that although the K waM adala H ostel has been called the Factory of Death, "what goes unnoticed how ever, is that it has no monopoly on the dealing of death and knows plenty about the receiving."
T heir visit to the hostel and in terviews with its leader, M ntwana Zulu, u n c te o f the K ing and p illa r o f the Zulu royal house, resulted in a picture of hostel dwellers under seige and of a far from peacefu l Boipatong prior to 17 June.
To start with they say, KwaM adala Hostel is as much a prison as a fortre ss . T h o se in s id e c a n n o t le av e . Their children can’t set foot in school. They can’t get treatm ent at the hospital. T he taxis w on’t come near.
"Ask why, and they refer you to a crippled youth leaning against a wall. In February he went to m eet his m other in Boipatong, and he wound up in intensive care with a bullet in the spine. A m on th e a r l ie r , one B ongani M batha made the mistake of wearing an IFP T-shirt on an outing. H e was stoned to death. In May a boy nam ed Thapelo went shopping in downtown V ereen ig in g , p re su m e d to be sa fe , territory. He was abducted and burnt alive."
Then, at the end of April, just weeks after IFP supporters w ere slaughtered at C rossroads and Z onk’izizwe, the homes of 18 IFP supporters w ere attacked and torched in the townships around B oipatong. M alan and Beckett com m ent: "not a w ord o f that episode has fea tu red in public print until today."
months sleeping on the veiu. I'he hsi of names of those who took refuge in the hostel a fte r b e ^ ^ d r iv e n out of their township hon^^fcy arson or attack runs to 13 p a g t S ^
G etting closer to the events o f 17 June, H oste l lead e r M n tw ana Z ulu "cannot believe his ears" when it is put to him that the build-up to th e June 16 stayaway was entirely peaceful, as the ANC w ould like the world to believe.
On the 13/14 June w eekend preceding the stayaway, hom es w ere razed and at least th re e p eo p le w ere m urdered in Boipatong.
"T he firs t w as a w om an nam ed Nomvula, accused o f consorting with an Inkatha boyfriend and dispatched in the small hours of Saturday.
"The second was D avid M bele, a 37-year old B o ipatong resident who had tenuous, if any, structural connection with Inkatha, but was known in the tow nship as a ‘really Z u lu ’. His hom e w as a ttack ed by th ree or four hund red p eo p le on S a tu rd ay a f te rnoon . H e w as sh o t w h ile ru n n in g away and w hen a fire engine arrived the crowd chased it off.
"The th ird w as BL K hum alo , an Inkatha m em ber, bu rn t-ou t body retrieved by po lice from his burnt-out Passat at 2.35pm on Sunday.
"Tw o m o re p re s u m e d In k a th a sympathisers w ere allowed to live and see the ir hom es bu rn dow n, one in Boipatong’s Sego S treet, one in M atthews Street in nearby Bophelong.
"It was a rough w eekend for Inkatha associates around Boipatong, and also for th e ‘really Z u lu s’ w ho may not have anything to do with Inkatha but who dare to m ain ta in such customs as the wearing of a leather wristband to denote a certain status in regard to esteem of the ancestors."
A n d w h a t w as th e re a c t io n o f South A frica and the w orld to these events: "It w as a w eekend that went by unrecorded. N o outrage, no press coverage - not a m ention until M be- le’s death rated a few lines h ere and there."
M alan and B eckett conclude that "if future massacres are to be forestalled ra th e r th an bew ailed, it may be helpful to pay som e a tten tio n to the perspective of hostel res id en ts w ho see them selves as clam ped in a vicegrip of persecution."
b u n .. ■ d ea tlt an u l< in ju red in C rossroads - th is d rew only "m uted protest".
To the C rossroads deaths L^^fen- cc adds those of nearby Z o n k '^ ^ P e , whose residents w ere attacked just 3 days later in a follow-up to C rossro ads - the 32 dea th jo in tly com prise four fifths o f the B oipatong total.
T here w ere sim ilarities in bo th attacks: both sets o f attackers w ere alleged to have been hostel dwellers, one Z u lu - s p e a k in g a n d o n e X h o sa - speaking; in bo th inciden ts, the victim s accused th e police o f failing to respond; and in both there w ere accusations of covert support for the a ttackers.
"But there is one fundam ental difference. B o ipatong is a tow nship in which the A NC is the dom inant political o rg an isa tio n ; th e IF P is p a ra mount in Crossroads.
"Further differences flow from that difference. M ost of the victims at Boipatong were - to put it no higher - not hostile to the A N C ; most o f the victims at Crossroads w ere IFP m em bers or sympathisers."
T he key d ifference how ever, was in people’s responses, which Laurence notes was "astounding":
"B oipatong, labelled by the ANC as a national tragedy , has becom e a national crisis. C rossroads, reported a lm ost p e r fu n c to r i ly in th e p re ss , quickly disappeared from public consciousness."
In sharp c o n tra s t to B o ip a to n g , "the cries o f anguish" for C rossroads and Z o n k ’izizwe "w ere m ore or less
lers ai v. rossroaus."A rchbishop D esm ond 1 utu visi
ted B o ipa tong to express so lidarity with the victims. C rossroads apparently did not m erit a sim ilar visit. The South A frican C ouncil o f C hu rches was m oved by th e p ligh t of B o ipatong, but its concern was less visible over the killings at Crossroads."
L aurence no ted tha t o n e reason for the d iffe ren t responses was that "the IFP has been cast as the villain of South A frica ’s b loody po litica l d ra ma."
A nother reason may be the "superiority of the A N C ’s propaganda machine to that of the IFP 1' and its greater ability o f its pub lic is ts to com m and that a tten tion of the m edia m ore effectively.
IFP suspicions regarding the police have not b een publicly followed up, and according to the IFP, no one has yet been arrested for the C rossroads massacre though the IFP clearly pointed fingers at inm ates of G erm iston 's K u ta lo H o s te l r e in fo rc e d by m en from Phola Park and M andela Park.
B o ip a to n g is a tragedy , and the IFP has been very vocal in its co n d em n a tio n o f th e in c id e n t a n d its willingness to assist the enquiry.
But by the sam e token, it finds it difficult to believe that there is such a d ea fen in g s ilen ce on th e even ts in B oipatong p rec ip ita tin g the revenge attack or on C ro ssro ad s from those now shouting the loudest.
Ask the average IFP supporter for a reaction and you'll be to ld its a sick, sick world So what else is new.
Seven new branchesT H E IFP op en ed seven
n e w b r a n c h e s in W embezi, outside E sc o r t , N a ta l , o n 27 June. 5 000 people a ttended the cerem ony, addressed by C entral C o m m itte e m em b er and K w aZulu Justice M in is te r th e R ev e rend CJ Mtwetwa.
IFP R egional O rganiser S enzo M fay e la sa id th e m o b ilis a t io n of
m em bers in this area had b e e n ex trem ely successful, especially considering th e high levels o f intim idation of IFP supporters.
Indicative of this was the a ssa ss in a tio n of th e IFP's W enibezi leader Isaac M sw an e , w ho was killed in an attack on his hom e just two days prior to the Ip-inch in g o f t h e n e w branches.
"It is tragic that he could n o t live to s e e th e fruits of his efforts."
The D e m o c ra t Is p u b lished by the Information C e n tre o f th e In k a th a Freedom Parly, 126 Urn- genl Road, Durban, 4001 The centre 's Interim telephone num ber Is: (031) 3094350. The facs im ile number Is: (031) 30934B9
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carried by membe? . ? J 2 S i j l Park industrial centre^ KwaMadala Hoste m ^ l le d and more than 22 ' nJur^
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n massacreCONDEMNATION for last week’s Boipatong massacre in which 42 people were killed continued yesterday.
The Commissioner of the South African Police, Genera] Johan van der Merwe, said he was concerned at the tragic and senseless killings of people. He promised to bring the culprits to book.
The Azanian People’s Organisation secretary- general, Mr Don Nkadimeng, called for the overthrow of the Govern
ment as a solution to “the planned genocide” of black people. ~
He said: “They have failed our people in the past and will continue to do so. The security forces have been accused of complicity notwithstanding attempts at suppressing the evidence.”
The president of the Inkatha Freedom Party, C hief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, said: “Such brutality shocks the sensibility
of even the most brutal people. I say that no leadership structure of the IFP had any knowledge whatsoever that this attack was going to take place.”
The South African Com-, munist Party said by choosing to visit KwaZulu on June 16, State President FW de Klerk sent a message to every warlord, death squad and to every assassin in the country.
The Human Rights Commission said: ‘This horrifying massacre confirms that there are ele
ments within Inkatha and the security forces that have an interest in fuelling the violence and fulfilling their own prophecy that the ANC’s mass action will raise the political temperature.”
The Rhema Ministries of South Africa added its voice to the outrage and Pastor Ray McCauley said he had sent a message to De Klerk noting growing perception that allegations of police/lnkatha collusion in violence “are not wild political propaganda” .
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DOGS of WARBy MOSES MAMAILA *T H E dogs of war have been let loose on PWV townships.
Again.W ithin th ree days so-called fa
celess killers have preyed on more than 80 black people.
T he most bru ta l a ttack was launched on the tiny Vaal township of Boipatong, claim ing 39 lives.
T he bru ta l m assacre - w ith no apparent motive - was carried out by m ore than 200 raiders from the n e a r b y K w a m a d a la h o s te l , sources disclosed.
T he AK-47-wieldlng m ob a ttacked residents indiscrim inately, killing m ainly women and babies.
In the Soweto township of M o letsane, nine people were killed on Tuesday when unknown gunm en opened fired on rMjdents.
T he six men a ^ B k d from their w hite m inibus a V t a r t e d shooting at random . People died and o th rrs fell m ortally wounded.
and Legwale roads, the gunmen boarded the ir getaw ay minibus and vanished.
Two bodies shot to ribbons were found near D ube hoatel. T he twow ere reportedly killed w hile te
am ing from a June 16 rally. Two babies were killed In the
Boipatong m assacre, and a seven- month-old baby lost its m other in the M oletsane attack .
O n M onday 16 people were killed in sim ilar attacks in Evaton and Daveyton.
A t Daveyton station unknown attackers random ly shot at comm uters alighting from a train.
‘T h e only safe people in the PW V are those who died. W e are a ttacked each day and everyw here, in the taxis, in trains at ourhomesSowetan.
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T he police are not doing well a t all: 83 people m urdered In the streets and not a single arrest.
T heir failure to perform has fueled the widely-held belief tha t the attackers are well-trained
Ram aphosa snid of Boipatong: “ W e charge FW de Klerk and his governm ent with com plicity in this slaughter.
'T h is type of violence could lead to negotiations being derailed. T he negotiations process is going through a stage where it is being jeopardised by the government.
Police have strongly denied allegations by residents tha t they escorted the attackers into Boipatong in arm oured viliicles and withdrew them after the attack.
Denying IF P Involvement in the m assacre, executive m em ber Them ba K hora said his organisation had support in the area and it was possible some of the victims were IF P members.
A rapo secretsry general Don N kadim eng said: “1 he regim e's forces were unable to defend the lives of innocent b i J k
‘‘The security f ( ^ ^ R a v e been accused o f com plic ity ln the massacres and occasionally there i*
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Merciless murderers slayed the innocent like sheep
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IT IS W AR! And we arc alt going to die' These were the only words 70-year-old Elizabeth Q untu could u tter after the oody of a nine-month-old babv who w as stabbed in the head with a spear was removed to the morgue.
A few m etres from the shack in which the baby's body was found lay the body of a nine-month pregnant woman with a bloodied face whose stomach was slashed oper. Both mother end child died.
A distraught relative said the woman was on the verge of giving birth when she was attacked.
Tears were running down the face of a yo u n g m a n . S te v e Mbatha: " I t is the Zulus who did this, why did they have to kill my mother, an innocent, defenceless woman?"
At the Joe Slovo squatter settlem ent bodies were strewn on the
^ ■ t f tv streets, some in ^ ^ H e s q u e poses.^ ^ ^ a r o n M akhubu grimaced after seeing one of the
bodies in a nearby shack: "These people were slaugh- / -d like sheep. The murderers showed no mercy, not V. -n for women or children."
While the spectre of death hung over the township, with at least 39 people having been reported dead, one more person - believed to be a member of the IFP -w as neckiaced in Sharpeville adjacent to Boipatong.
By late Friday afternoon the injury toll was said to be 30.
Children, mothers, husbands and relatives were weeping for their loved ones as they related how they were subbed, hacked and shot to death by their ruthless kiliers.
Many hours after the attack thousands of residents ; Many hours after the attack thousands of residents | had gathered in the streets as government mortuary j personnel were picking up bodies of the massacre ' victims.
More than 50 bouses were damaged when the a.Lackers broke down doors and shattered windows
Most of the victims of Wednesday night's attack were women and children - many from the Joe Slovo squatter camp.
On Friday troops stood guard at KwaMadala i Hostel, the base of the IFP and the place where the 1 attackers were believed to have originated.
Angry residents reiterated accusations that the police had escorted the attackers to the scene and took them away afterwards.
• Anna Dlamini wept uncontrollably when the body ifru daughter was removed from their bedroom to a ortuary van.
i ■ “Oh Lord, why did this have to happen to me? Who* ’1 now look after me? I thought my daughter would
e to bury me, but it has happened the other way round."
. The homes of several policemen, including Inkatha members, also came under attack when they were petrol-bombed.
Residents claimed that a troop of about 200 armed men arrived in the township at about 8 pm. ferried by police in casspin.
They said at about 11 pm the armed men set about attacking residents in several streets in the township, including the squatter settlement. The attack lasted
j until the early hours of the morning leaving scores of people dead._ Vaal police liaison officer Piet van Deventer said: “Residents have claimed that IFP members from the nearby KwaMadala Hostel were responsible for the attacks.
"The massacre occurred shortly before 11 pm on W ednesday when about 200 men armed with knives, pangas and firearms entered the township and started’ attacking residents."
The attack is believed to be the worst since 1990 when 80 people were slaughtered, allegedly by Inkatha supporters, in Edendale and Imbali.
AIM LESS REVENQE . . . Sergeant Rentsleng (right), hysterical after hla car (above) w e t torched fey residents. ■ pioi t l a d i k h u c l i
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chillier'EG O TIA TIO N S have not
j only been jeopard ised , but I last W ednesday’s Boipatong ’ butchen also poses a moral dilemma for the black leaders
i involved In the Codesa process • ostensibly those of the African National Congress.
It. fact. people arc talking in the townships, on the .streets.
Thr> are saying the ANC should ge: out of Codesa • mobilise its armed wing. L'mkhonic We Sizwe.
Conversely, not onl\ has the Government's credibility •'lunged over the latest mass deaths of bi*r*s.
S uit President FW dc Kierk's personal sianding among ; »lacks suficred a further setback when police bullets killed jtf te people dunng his abortive “merr s" mission to Boipaiong or, Saturday.
Tliis incident - in which the State President was chased ^ B w a y by about 3 000 residents - was the climax to events | ^ n the Vaal township, and indeed the whole country, since
W ednesday when 39 people were killed m the worst single carnage in recent times.
Pointedly, the ANC's political game piar has been put 10 the lest as the Government's main negotiating partner in the Convention for a Democratic South Africa.
The sh o ck in g killing* In n o c e n t p e o p le In B olpatong an d o th e r Vaa! a r e a s l a s t w e e k h a t p laced a lot of s tra in on the re la tionsh ip b etw een the ANC an d th e De Klerk G overnm ent, w ith grow ing ca lls lo r th e en d in g of nego tia tio n s an d a re tu rn to m i l i ta n t s t r u g g le . THEMBA MOLEFE of our po litica l s ta ff a s s e s s e s th e s itu a tio n .
The organisation’s executive committee member, Mr Mac Maharaj. remarked on Friday that “negotiation is i slim thread that holds the political process together'
It is with this notion in mind that the ANC's national working committee meets this week to discuss hou the slayings impacted o r negotiations. i .
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w.because of the alleged insincerity of the De Klerk administration.
In its initial reaction to the Boipaiong massacre Azapo was forthright and called for black political organisations to stop any dealings with the Government. , *■ • -
While it is unlikely that the ANC wiE pull out of Codesa, one of its most viable options would be to intensify its mass action.-
hal is certain, though, is that the cold war between the ANC and the Government has never beenchillier.
Harsh words have been said all round as a result of the massacre and more are to be expected this week.
On the one hand the ANC, as a liberation movement, is responsible to its grassroots membership.
If the hundreds who forced Dc Klerk to flee on Saturday are supporters of the ANC, then the message is clear the shaky marriage should end.
On the other hand, the Government has to back its word* and ensure that police produce results. "• .*
It b not enough just io deny allegations of police collusion in this and other massacres while no action seems to be taken to at least apprehend those responsible.
personally think we
are experiencing a genocide
and I know the
dictionary meaning
of the word. J
AJTJL pertinent question raised by ANC’s supporters
and adversaries alike, even by the A N C s leadership core itself, is: Why pretend things are on coarse?
But arc things really on course?Mr Saki Macozoma. the ANC’s spokesman, might have
touched a raw nerve in a radio interne* on Friday. “I personally think we are witnessing a genoo de and 1 know the dictionary meaning of the word," he said.
Earlier this month Mr Nelson Mandela was cri ticised for telling an overseas audience that blacks were being killed
! because they were black and for equating the spiralling mass black killings with the Holocaust - the massacre of
! Jews in Nazi Germany.' Also, was it simply emotional oratory by Mr Cyril
Ramaphosa. the ANC's secretary-general, when he said on Friday: “The ANC places the blame squarely on the shoulders of Mr FW de Klerk, who declared in Tokyo recently that his Government had a plat io counter (the
i ANC’s programme of) mass action.”And in a hard-hitting speech at Boipaiong, South Afri
can Council of Churches general secretary. the Rev Frank Chikane, questioned the Government's sincerity and said action would have been prompt if whiles had been killed in a similar bloodbath.
TJL he coming few days are indeed going to be crucial in determining whether the ANC and as allies remain in Codesa as calls for it to pull out by other liberation groups, Azapo and the PAC, grow louder.
Already one of the ANC’s allies, Tnmskei's General Bantu Holomisa, has called on all organisations involved in t*Ik< with the Government to withdraw immediately
£ The ANC places blame squarely on the shoulders
of FW de Klerk. J
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which shot into in te rn a tional p rom inence a fte r l a s t w e e k ’s m a s s a c re , w as the scene of a politic a l n a r r a t i v e a t th e weekend.
Set against the belching smoke and pylons of Iscor, and acted out in the dusty streets of Boipatong with a cast of thousands of local people, it was entitled “A Tale of Two Visits”.
The first visit, that of P r e s id e n t de K lerk , ended in failure for the man who not so long ago was praised as “Comrade de Klerk" by Soweto youths, and acclaimed as man of vision and courage by their elders.
But in Boipatong on Saturday Mr de Klerk had to cut off a goodwill v isit and re tre a t, surrounded by security policemen and escorted by armoured vehicles.
.Whether the youths who -encirled his car and ham m ered on its roof shouting “Go away, murderer” were acting with spontaneous anger, or whether they had been put up to it by politicians seeking to make political capital out of tragedy, is a hotly disputed point.
What is not in doubt is that not a single black
| person in Boipatong was i willing to defend public
ly Mr de K lerk’s right to visit the township or to challenge charges by the ANC that his decision to do so was a cynical public relations exercise, not a genuine expression of sympathy with the bereaved families.
,'A gainst th a t , ANC president Nelson Mande
The township that w as shot into international headlines by last w e e k ’s m assacre * a s visited by two prom inent politicians
By PATRICK LAURENCE.
la was heralded as a hero when he arrived in Boipatong less than 24 hours later.
As Mr Mandela toured the squatter settlement on the edge of Boipatong, w here the m arauding killers had struck hardest last week, he was fo llo w e d by a huge crowd of supporters.
T heir voices rising rhythmically in time to their stamping feet, they chanted: “People were k illed h e re . T ell the truth.” Their cries were directed at the entourage of journalists following in Mr Mandela's wake.
In terspersed was an exhortation which was presumably directed at Mr Mandela: “Brine us guns!”
Mr M andela’s angry mood and th a t of the crowd was later reflected in a brief rally at the township’s soccer field,
where microphones had been hastily erected.
“I have gone around and been briefed,” Mr Mandela said of his tour of the squatter camp.
“After listening to the briefings, I am convinced we are no longer dealing with human beings but animals . . . We will not forget what Mr de Klerk, the National Party and the In k a th a F reedom Party have done to our people. I have never seen such cruelty.”
The local ANC chairm a n , E r n e s t S o tsu , boasted bow Mr de Klerk had been forced to leave Boipatong: “ The com rad es w ere a f te r his blood.”
In four days Boipatong won a place in history.
Those four momentous days might mark a turning point in the emerging political w ar between the ANC and the NP. □
M a n d e l a . . . gi ven hero’s welcome.
De Klerk . . . forced to leave.
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the tow nship w ars did not save her.
“The men kicked in the door and said they wanted someone from the ANC," her daughter Bertha said. "My mother said there is no one here from the ANC.”
The men slit her throat anyway and stripped the body to her underwear.
A mortuary truck escorted by arm oured police vehicles followed the tra il of death
“A gang of men came to the window last night," one of his grieving relatives said, her body heaving with emotion.
"They broke the windows, kicked in the door, and shot Benjamin and his brother.”
In a house nearby survivors repeated the story.
This tim e the victim was Baleni Lerabane (58), a member of the Zionist Christian Church, whose members shun
. politics. Being non-aligned in
sou th of Jo h an n esb u rg on Wednesday night by raiders w ield ing knives, guns and axes.
His pitifully thin body lay in a pool of congealed blood on the flo o r of a fou r-room “matchbox" house, his head twisted to the side, his face locked in a grimace.
Rigor mortis had frozen ms hands in front of his chest, as if to ward off the bullets that killed him. , r .. -
By William Maclean
A fter the k ille rs had done th e ir work, bodies frozen in the ir dea th th roes bore testim ony yesterday to one of South A frica’s w orst tow nship m assacres.
Grieving women surrounded the corpse of Benjamin Mo- soetsa, one of 39 people killed in Boipatong squatter camp
Policeman puts his gun to his headBy Monica O oste^rock
Horrified policemen and reporters stood by in shock when they saw 'a grief-stricken po
liceman try to shoot himself in the head in Boipatong yesterday afternoon • The Jiysteri • joliceman, whose house anu -a r had been set alight and burnt to ashes, started running around, crying and screaming with despair.
He took out his service pistol and put it to his head.
As he tightened his finger on the tr ig g e r, a colleague leapt forward and wrenched , his hand and gun away.
While his colleague unloaded the gun, the distraught man collapsed on the ground, sobbing with grief.
The S tar’s chief photographer, Ken Oosterbroek, said: sWhen he pulled out the gun, I thought he was going to open up on the bystanders and prepared to take cover, but when he put it to his head, I ran towards him."
The po licem an’s fam ily , who were in the house when it w as to rch ed , w ere looked after by police.
According to a Reuter report, angry residents of the cam p allegedly burn t down the policeman’s house in retal- iation for the massacre.
Picture: Ken Oosterbroek WDistraught. . . this policeman (right) had to be restrained from taking his own life.
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has no following (as a result of township killings).
‘This type of violence could , lead to negotiations being derailed,” he warned.
And Mr Slovo added th a t the international community should cease meeting Mr de Klerk while his hands were ‘■full of blood”..
The Human Rights Commission said the m assacre confirmed there were elements within Inkatha and the security forces that had an interest in fuelling the violence and “fulfulling their own prophecy
nday June 19 1992
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d Miss Hong Kong Emily Lo resU dur- the Great Wall of China, north of Beij- / Four of the pageant’s winners are a six-day goodwill tour to Beijing.
confident of help>j - Russian leader Boris Yeltsin left jnfident the United States would help •uggie to win a crucial $4 billion loan national Monetary Fund.
; operation a successNEW YORK - Rabbi Mena- chem Schneerson, the 90- year-old leader of Judaism’s Lubavitch sect and a man many of his followers believe could be the Messiah, underwent successful surgery yesterday to remove an infected gall bladder. Hundreds of black-hatted Lubavitch Jews staged a prayer vigil outside Mount Sinai Hospital in New York where the Rabbi was rushed shortly after midnight
nts ‘eating grass’- Hunger gripped parts of this blockad- -day and some residents were reported But the fighting subsided and an agree-
-ed to be near on reopening the airportf shipments.
i for IRA firebombs’olice searched the city centre of L®®ds jfte r a hard-line splin ter of the IRA nau planted a dozen firebombs, two of into flames on Wednesday night.
ell’s sons chargedKevin and Ian Maxwell, sons of dead ty-
t Maxwell, have been charged with p lo t-.-million dollar fraud.
is shoot Palestinian£M — Israeli undercover soldier* shotyear-old Palestinian without warning as graveyard in the West Bank, Palestinians
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d votes on EC union | S S f- _ AMP tknf ie nAtDflrlACQ anriIreland made its decision yesterday on a .
of European union, with extended voting bright summer weather encouraging a out. “We do not envisage the treaty being aid Prime Minister Albert Reynolds.
on seem imminentItaly’s drawn-out government crisis, wor- onomic woes, organised crime and a brib- i, appears to be heading to a solution.
leeting set for Nairobi- The UN’s World Food Council opens its Nairobi next week against a backdrop of
irought in Africa this century.• World news — Page 4 -j*
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