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African Affairs 101:473-508 (2002)
© 2002 The Royal African Society

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Justice denied: political violence in Kwazulu-Natal after 1994

Rupert Taylor

Professor Rupert Taylor is in the Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

To unravel post-apartheid political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, three case studies are presented: the Shobashobane massacre (1995); the Richmond killings (which reached their height in 1997–98); and the Nongoma assassinations (1999–2000). Detailed consideration of the activities of paramilitary forces, the security forces, and the criminal justice system reveals that post-apartheid political violence is systemically related to the dynamics of the ‘unofficial’ war between Inkatha and the African National Congress. In this context, it is argued that a failure to confront this war — in terms of asserting political authority or through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission — has worked to drive political violence and to push it into new forms, with lethal effect.


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