Nelson Mandela is escorted out of Umlazi stadium after shots are fired

Date: 1 May 1995
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Nelson Mandela is escorted out of Umlazi stadium after shots are fired

President Nelson Mandela addressed a May Day rally at Umlazi Stadium. He was escorted from the stadium in an armoured car when shots were fired from a hill. He warned that grants to KwaZulu-Natal may be stopped if it resisted government as Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi had threatened.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Nelson Mandela is escorted out of Umlazi stadium after shots are fired . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013203

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