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

This Day in History: 1 May 1995
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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