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.
eventREF E-0096031Revised
16 July 1990
The ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01O’Malley, P. ‘1990’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 19 June 2013)
- 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
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: 12 October 2026).
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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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