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Title: Boipatong massacre, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Boipatong, Political violence--South Africa--Boipatong, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Boipatong, Murder victims--South Africa--Boipatong, Dead, Best of Marinovich
Description: The aunt of nine-month-old Aaron Mathope sits next to his body in Boipatong township, south of Johannesburg, 1992. On this day, 45 people were killed by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporting Zulus. Aaron and his mother were hacked to death, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) found both the IFP and the security forces of the then-white regime responsible.
Identifier: islandora:1221

Title: Protest against Boipatong massacre, Boipatong, South Africa
Subject: Youths--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark, Demonstrations--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark, Apartheid--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark, Political history--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark, Political violence--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark
Description: Youths protest the murder of 46 Boipatong residents by Inkatha hostel dwellers on June 17, at a rally addressed by Nelson Mandela. The killings caused the African National Congress (ANC) to cancel political negotiations with the government. South Africa, 19 June 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5370

Title: Boipatong massacre, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Boipatong, Political violence--South Africa--Boipatong, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Boipatong, Mourning customs--South Africa--Boipatong, Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Boipatong, Best of Marinovich
Description: Family members mourning the death of Aaron Mathope and his mother. On a winter�s night in the Vaal, 45 people were killed when a large group of men rampaged through Boipatong township. Klaas Mathope and many other survivors maintained that it had not been only Zulus who had attacked them, but white policemen too. Klaas's wife and 9-month-old son, Aaron, were murdered in the attack in 1992.
Identifier: islandora:1193

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