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eventREF E-0121358Revised

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Armed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service

Date
8 Jun 1986
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Armed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service

On 8 June 1986 chaos erupted during the funeral service of Mr Thamsanqa, an activist who died of natural causes inside the Methodist Church in Langa. The disruption occurred when two armed policemen appeared at the door during the service. People started panicking, pushing and jostling against each other in a bid to get out of the building. Mr Fikile Kobese, an executive member of the Uitenhage Residents Civic Organization reported that chairs were broken and in the pandemonium people were hurt. The police denied responsibility for the mayhem, claiming that they were acting against an illegal gathering of people outside the church who they claimed had thrown them with stones.

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  1. 01Saldru clippings collection, ‘Chaos erupts at U’hage funeral’, Black politics 1986d

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2016, July 7). Armed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121358

South African History Online (2016) 'Armed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service', South African History Online, 7 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121358 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, Armed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121358, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"Armed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service." South African History Online, 7 July 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121358. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Armed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service." South African History Online. July 7, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121358.

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