Voices of Boipatong

15 Findings of the TRC HR Violations Committee

  • 45 people were killed & 22 severely injured in Boipatong on 17 June 1992 in an attack perpetrated by residents of Kwamadala Hostel. The attack was planned together with the police & police colluded with the attackers, dropping them off in Slovo Park.
  • White men with blackened faces participated in the attack. Police failed to intervene to stop the attackers.
  • The police destroyed crucial evidence by erasing tapes in the control room of the Internal Stability Unit.
  • KwaMadala residents with the SAP including the Commissioner of Police, the Minister of Law and Order & the IFP are found responsible for gross human rights violations.

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