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PAYING RESPECT: Remembering the Bhisho massacre 25 years on. Premier Phumulo Masualle lays a wreath at the memorial site in Bhisho last year Picture: DAILY DISPATCH FILE
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Bhisho massacre commemorated today

September 7, 1992, marks the anniversary of the Bhisho Massacre where 28 protesters were killed and over 200 injured by soldiers serving the apartheid regime. The day started when thousands of protesters gathered outside Bhisho to demand…

  • Sivenathi Gosa
Eastern Cape premiere Phumulo Masualle has opened the door for some 5,000 Eastern Cape survivors of massacres and victims’ families to come forward and claim reparations.Image: FILE
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5,000 EC massacre victims in line for TRC reparations

Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle has opened the door for some 5,000 Eastern Cape survivors of massacres and victims’ families to come forward and claim reparations. Of the 22,000 victims of the 23 massacres recorded in the Eastern…

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Bhisho Massacre meeting

FOLLOWING a very successful meeting with the families, victims and the living survivors of the Bhisho Massacre, in September last year, it was agreed to meet again on the February 16 2017. This planned meeting for this Thursday is aimed…

  • Ethienne Arends