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Boipatong massacre

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The Boipatong massacre took place on the night of 17 June 1992 in the township of Boipatong, South Africa. [1]

13 relations: African National Congress, Apartheid, Boipatong, Casspir, Inkatha Freedom Party, List of massacres in South Africa, Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa, Operation Marion, Rian Malan, South Africa, South African Defence Force, Truth and reconciliation commission, United Nations Security Council Resolution 765.

African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Boipatong

Boipatong is a township near Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Casspir

The Casspir is a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle that has been in use in South Africa for over 30 years.

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Inkatha Freedom Party

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a political party in South Africa.

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List of massacres in South Africa

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in South Africa (numbers may be approximate).

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Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa

The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of negotiations between 1990 and 1993 and through unilateral steps by the de Klerk government.

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Operation Marion

Operation Marion was a domestic military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the 1980s.

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Rian Malan

Rian Malan (born 1954, in Johannesburg) is a South African author, journalist, documentarist and songwriter of Afrikaner descent.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Defence Force

The South African Defence Force (SADF) comprised the South African armed forces from 1957 until 1994.

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Truth and reconciliation commission

A truth commission or truth and reconciliation commission is a commission tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government (or, depending on the circumstances, non-state actors also), in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 765

United Nations Security Council resolution 765, adopted on 16 July 1992, after recalling resolutions 392 (1976), 473 (1980), 554 (1984) and 556 (1984), the Council condemned the escalating violence in South Africa, in particular the Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992, which resulted in the deaths of 46 people, and the suspension by the African National Congress (ANC) of bilateral talks with the South African government.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boipatong_massacre

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