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...African National Congress has repeatedly said they were committed to negotiations. If they allow the matter to descend into chaos, then many of us will doubt that they were. They had already decided ((to quit talks with the government)) before the Boipatong massacre because they could not have their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buthelezi: I Have Never Orchestrated Violence | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

Benjamin Mosoetsa lies dead, as his sister grieves, in Boipatong, south of Johannesburg, where 39 black men, women and children were shot and stabbed to death by armed gangs. Killings in other townships near Johannesburg last week brought the week's toll in the continuing political warfare to more than 70 dead. Residents blamed the killings on supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party, main rival of the African National Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Township Slaughter | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

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