AFTERMATH: WILDEBEESTFONTEIN MINE VIOLENCE re: faction fighting between Xhosas vs Sothos STRONG ARMY PATROLS REACTIONS TOWN COUNCIL & POLICE BURNT-OUT SHACKS & BAKKIE

Record ID: 893503

  • Title: AFTERMATH: WILDEBEESTFONTEIN MINE VIOLENCE re: faction fighting between Xhosas vs Sothos STRONG ARMY PATROLS REACTIONS TOWN COUNCIL & POLICE BURNT-OUT SHACKS & BAKKIE
  • Date: 9th December 1996
  • Summary: AFTERMATH: WILDEBEESTFONTEIN MINE VIOLENCE re: faction fighting between Xhosas vs Sothos STRONG ARMY PATROLS REACTIONS TOWN COUNCIL & POLICE BURNT-OUT SHACKS & BAKKIE
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  • City: RUSTENBURG
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 96DEC09R04
  • Story Text:AFTERMATH: WILDEBEESFONTEIN MINE VIOLENCE re: faction fighting between Xhosas & Pondos vs Tswanas & Sothos

    14.16.19 WIDE SHACKS & MINE IN DISTANCE
    14.16.57 POLICE PATROLLING FREEDOM PARK SQUATTER CAMP
    14.24.38 DISPLACED PEOPLE
    14.31.07 BURNT-OUT SHACKS
    14.33.35 MAN SITTING AMONGST RUBBLE
    14.58.21 LARGE CONTINGENCY ARMY GATHERED
    15.04.56 REAX RUSTENBURG COUNCIL...this situation cropped up as a result of a division based on ethnicity...
    15.12.21 REAX POLICE - EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENED
    15.18.24 ARMY VEHICLES PASSING
    15.34.09 PATROLLING AREA
    15.35.56 BURNT-OUT SHACKS
    15.42.57 RESIDENTS SITTING AROUND
    15.47.22 WOMAN WALKING AROUND HER BURNT-OUT SHACK
    15.50.45 VARIOUS PEOPLE WALKING SQUATTER CAMP
    15.54.21 BURNT-OUT BAKKIE
    16.02.57 EXTERIORS MINE
    16.09.32 SIGN "WILDEBEESTFONTEIN SOUTH MINE"
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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