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The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk

The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk

Date
16 Jul 1990
Updated
30 Sep 2019
The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk

The African National Congress (ANC) sent a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas. The report was based on about 50 statements to lawyers by victims of police action in the farming towns of Ashton, Montague and Robertson. ANC leader Walter Sisulu had already accused the Government of failing to restrain the police after young activist Meshack Kunene was shot dead on 30 June in the Alexandra Township near Johannesburg.

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  1. 01O’Malley, P. ‘1990’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 19 June 2013)
  2. 02South Africa History Online, ‘General South African History Timeline: 1990s’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 19 June 2013)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, July 12). The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096031

South African History Online (2013) 'The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk', South African History Online, 12 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096031 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).

South African History Online, The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096031, (accessed 7 August 2026).

"The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk." South African History Online, 12 July 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096031. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk." South African History Online. July 12, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096031.

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