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Boipatong is a township in Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1955 to house black residents who worked in Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging.
Boipatong means "the place of hiding" in the Sesotho language. Boipatong's expansion took place in tandem with the growth of Afrikaner Nationalism and the South African discrimination policy called apartheid.
Boipatong, along with other surrounding townships, served as a pool of cheap labour for steel industry giant ISCOR. ISCOR was built mainly as part of job creation and poverty eradication for the white working class. Although small, Boipatong was one of the places where the anger of the black people was felt during the marches of the 1960s against the requirement that they carry passes.
The Boipatong massacre took place on the night of 17 June 1992 in the township of Boipatong, South Africa. The attack on township residents was carried...
Boipatong is a township in Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1955 to house black residents who worked in Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging. Boipatong...
less concretely, linked to the planning and orchestration of the 1992 Boipatong massacre, the most deadly of the period. One of the 16 people convicted...
demanding a unitary system governed by majority rule. Following the Boipatong massacre of ANC activists by government-aided Inkatha militants, Mandela...
ANC-IFP violence was the Boipatong massacre of 17 June 1992, when 200 IFP militants attacked the Gauteng township of Boipatong, killing 45. Witnesses said...
elections, including the Trust Feed massacre on 3 December 1988, and the Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992. In November 1993, the IFP signed a solidarity...
third force, led to recurrent tensions. Most dramatically, after the Boipatong massacre of June 1992, the ANC announced that it was withdrawing from...
also sometimes included in the complex, and residents of Sharpeville, Boipatong, Bophelong, the greater Sebokeng area (including Evaton), Three Rivers...
and district municipality of Sedibeng. The peri-urban black townships Boipatong, Muvango, Bophelong, Sebokeng, Evaton, Tshepiso and Sharpeville are close...
singles such as "Istraight Lendaba", "Boipatong", In lyrics of the song "Boipatong", Fassie responds to the Boipatong massacre (June 14, 1992), which saw...
support, only to withdraw from negotiations entirely in June 1992 after the Boipatong massacre. The massacre revived pre-existing, and enduring, concerns about...
currently the assistant coach of Cape Town City. Mokoena was born in Boipatong. He moved to Bayer Leverkusen and Ajax, before twice being loaned out...
also contains six large townships namely Evaton, Sebokeng, Sharpeville, Boipatong, Bophelong and Tshepiso. These centers currently lack the facilities generally...
townships in Witwatersrand, later meeting with victims of the Sebokeng and Boipatong massacres. Like many activists, Tutu believed a "third force" was stoking...
between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party in Boipatong, South Africa, leaving 46 dead. June 18 – Ireland votes for the Eleventh...
September 2018. Ronnie Kasrils (7 May 2004). "A Decade of Democracy: What if Boipatong and Bisho had not happened?". Financial Mail. Archived from the original...
high-impact activities allegedly arising from Operation Marion was the Boipatong massacre by IFP members, which left 43 dead on 17 June 1992. This event...
approve of De Klerk's reforms in a referendum. 45 people are killed in the Boipatong Massacre, an attack committed by supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party...
killed during that period. Significant confrontations included the 1992 Boipatong massacre and the 1994 Shell House massacre. It was during this period...
prominent incidents of political violence of the period, including the Boipatong massacre, the Bisho massacre, the storming of the Kempton Park World Trade...
African international footballer who plays as a central defender. Born in Boipatong, Tsotetsi has played for Wits University, FC Sporting, Jomo Cosmos, Kaizer...
motorcycle motorist who refused to pay him a bribe. In October 2018, eight Boipatong police officers were arrested for torturing and then murdering a Nigerian...
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negotiations had broken down, with the ANC withdrawing following the Boipatong massacre and accusing De Klerk's government of fomenting the violence...
stakeholders will be made aware." Neighbouring townships include Sebokeng, Boipatong, Small Farms, Boitumelo, Polokong, Golden Gardens, and Lakeside. "Main...
into South Africa during the final years of apartheid. Boipatong massacre 1992-06-17 Boipatong 45 The attack on township residents was carried out by...
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