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The Cradock Four

Index The Cradock Four

On 27 June 1985, four anti-apartheid activists from Cradock, Eastern Cape, were intercepted at a roadblock set up by the South African apartheid government security police outside Port Elizabeth. [1]

28 relations: Adelaide, Eastern Cape, Bantu Holomisa, Bureau of State Security, Ciskei, Cradock, Eastern Cape, Dimbaza, Eugene de Kock, F. W. de Klerk, Fort Calata, Graaff-Reinet, Internal resistance to apartheid, Kenton-on-Sea, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, List of Apartheid South African assassinations, Matthew Goniwe, Mthatha, Noupoort, Oudtshoorn, Political assassinations in post-apartheid South Africa, Port Elizabeth, Sicelo Mhlauli, South Africa, Soweto uprising, Sparrow Mkhonto, Transkei, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa), United Democratic Front (South Africa), Zwelitsha.

Adelaide, Eastern Cape

Adelaide is a rural town and area in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Bantu Holomisa

Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa (born 25 July 1955) is a South African Member of Parliament and President of the United Democratic Movement.

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Bureau of State Security

The South African Bureau for State Security (given the acronym BOSS by journalists, Buro vir Staatsveiligheid) was established in 1969 and replaced by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) in 1980.

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Ciskei

Ciskei was a nominally independent state – a Bantustan – in the south east of South Africa.

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Cradock, Eastern Cape

Cradock is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, in the upper valley of the Great Fish River, by road northeast of Port Elizabeth.

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Dimbaza

Dimbaza is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, located in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, about 11 km northwest of King William's Town on the R63 road to Alice,Eastern Cape and Fort Beaufort.

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Eugene de Kock

Eugene Alexander de Kock (born 29 January 1949) is a former South African Police (SAP) colonel, torturer, and assassin, active under the apartheid government.

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F. W. de Klerk

Frederik Willem de Klerk (born 18 March 1936) is a South African politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as Deputy President from 1994 to 1996.

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Fort Calata

Fort Calata (5 November 1956 – 27 June 1985) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and one of The Cradock Four murdered by the South African police in 1985.

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Graaff-Reinet

Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Internal resistance to apartheid

Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of South African society and alternatively took the form of social movements, passive resistance, or guerrilla warfare.

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Kenton-on-Sea

Kenton-on-Sea, more commonly known as Kenton, is a small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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Kirkwood, Eastern Cape

Kirkwood is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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List of Apartheid South African assassinations

List of South African assassinations refers to a list of alleged and confirmed assassinations, reported to have been conducted by the Apartheid regime.

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Matthew Goniwe

Matthew Goniwe (27 December 1947 – 27 June 1985) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and one of The Cradock Four murdered by the South African police in 1985.

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Mthatha

Mthatha, is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality.

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Noupoort

Noupoort is a town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa.

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Oudtshoorn

Oudtshoorn, the "ostrich capital of the world", is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located between the Swartberg mountains to the north and the Outeniqua Mountains to the south.

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Political assassinations in post-apartheid South Africa

There have been a number of political assassinations in post-apartheid South Africa.

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Port Elizabeth

Port Elizabeth or The Bay (iBhayi; Die Baai) is one of the largest cities in South Africa; it is situated in the Eastern Cape Province, east of Cape Town.

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Sicelo Mhlauli

Sicelo Mhlauli (25 May 1949 – 27 June 1985) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, and one of The Cradock Four murdered by the South African police in 1985.

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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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Soweto uprising

The Soweto uprising was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.

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Sparrow Mkhonto

Sparrow Mkhonto (24 December 1951 – 27 June 1985) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, and one of The Cradock Four murdered by the South African police in 1985.

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Transkei

Transkei (meaning the area beyond the river Kei), officially the Republic of Transkei (iRiphabliki yeTranskei), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like restorative justice body assembled in South Africa after the end of apartheid.

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United Democratic Front (South Africa)

The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a major anti-apartheid organisation of the 1980s.

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Zwelitsha

Zwelitsha is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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References

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

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