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Civil War Regions and Ethnic Mobilisation: Inkatha and Zulu Nationalism in the Transition to South African Democracy

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During the period 1985–9 approximately 5 400 people were killed in politically-related violence in South Africa (in 1989 alone, the highest figure during this period, 1 400 people died). From 1990 until the end of March 1994 a further 14 211 died (2101 in 1990; 2 582 in 1991; 3 499 in 1992; 4 398 in 1993; and 1 631 during the first three months of 1994). The majority of these people died in Natal and KwaZulu.1

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  1. Paul Forsyth and Gerhard Mare, ‘Natal in the New South Africa’ in Glenn Mos and Ingrid Obery (eds), South African Review 6: from ‘Red Friday’ to CODESA (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1992).

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Mare, G. (1996). Civil War Regions and Ethnic Mobilisation: Inkatha and Zulu Nationalism in the Transition to South African Democracy. In: Rich, P.B. (eds) Reaction and Renewal in South Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24772-1_2

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