Violence erupts in Bophuthatswana Townships and Kathlehong

Violence erupted when 50 000 (or 100 000 according to police) residents from GaRankuwa, Mabopane, Soshanguve and areas in the Odi district presented a petition listing political and civic grievances at the Odi magistrate's court. Bophuthatswana police fired at the crowd, killing eleven people and wounding 450. The crowd caused millions of rands of damage. On the same day 75 000 people marched to the Katlehong Town Council offices, East Rand (now Ekurhuleni), protesting against high rent and electricity rates, and demanding more police protection against taxi violence. Violence erupted and twenty-eight people were injured when police used teargas and shotguns to disperse the crowd. Fighting between youths and taximen, supported by vigilante groups, continued late into the night. When youths sought refuge in Natalspruit Hospital, thirty vigilantes raided the casualty ward with pangas and knobkieries. The following day five people died in a panga fight.