violence in the 1990s

Question 1

when was the Boipatong Massacre

Answer 1

1992 June 17

Question 2

Boipatong resulted in

Answer 2

the ANC withdrawing from negotiations, blaming the NP government for the attack

Question 3

Boipatong injuries

Answer 3

45 died and several were maimed

Question 4

Chris Hani

Answer 4

leader of the SA communist party and a fierce opponent of the apartheid government

Question 5

assassination of Chris Hani

Answer 5

10 April 1993

Question 6

Hani’s involvement with MK

Answer 6

forced him into hiding

by 1982, he was head of the MK

Question 7

1990

Answer 7

following the unbanning of the ANC, Chris Hani returned to SA

Question 8

historical significance of his assassination

Answer 8

seen as a turning point - serious tensions followed the assassination, with fears that the country would erupt into violence

Question 9

violence and human rights abuses

Answer 9

increased in the 1990s - the shift in political activity was a key cause of this

Question 10

ANC and IFP splits

Answer 10

meant that rather than black vs white violence there was a significant amount of inter-group violence

Question 11

in Kwazulu

Answer 11

between 1990 and 1993, an average of 101 people died every month in politically related incidents

Question 12

in pretoria

Answer 12

between 1990 and 1993 4,756 people were killed in politically related violence

Question 13

‘third force’

Answer 13

was believed to be behind the violence

Question 14

increased on attacks on police officers

Answer 14

between 1991 and 1992 68 police officers had been killed