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ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands

Date
9 Mar 1990
Updated
30 Sep 2019
ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands

On this day in 1990, the African National Congress (ANC) veteran leader, Walter Sisulu, denied allegations levelled at his party by the South African parliament and press that the ANC was responsible for the unrest that broke out throughout SA homelands. Sisulu described the unrest as consisting of a popular revolt against the homeland's repressive dictatorships. The unrest broke out after a demand by the ANC that all homelands should be reintegrated into South Africa, as part of the dismantling of Apartheid legislations. In Bophuthatswana, 14 people were killed, after police shot at demonstrators who were in favour of the relocation of their homeland and calling for the abdication of President Lucas Mangope.

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  1. 01Keesing's Records of World Events, New Digest for March 1990, p 37306
  2. 02  O'Malley Chapter 7: Political Violence in the Era of Negotiations and Transition, 1990-1994 from Nelson Mandela [online] www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed on 14 march 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012869

South African History Online (2011) 'ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012869 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).

South African History Online, ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012869, (accessed 8 August 2026).

"ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012869. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012869.

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