Third Force (South Africa)
- Third Force (South Africa)
The "Third Force" was a term used by leaders of the ANC during the late 1980s and early 1990s to refer to an unknown group believed to be responsible for a surge in violence in KwaZulu-Natal, and townships around and south of the Witwatersrand (or "Rand"). [Citation
last1 =Simpson
first1 =Graeme
last2 =Rauch
first2 =Janine
title =Political Violence: 1991
journal =Human Rights Yearbook
volume =1992
place =Cape Town
publisher =Oxford University Press
pages =212-239
year =1993
url =http://www.csvr.org.za/papers/papolv91.htm]
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) would find that:
while little evidence exists of a centrally directed, coherent or formally constituted ‘Third Force’, a network of security and ex-security force operatives, frequently acting in conjunction with right-wing elements and/or sectors of the IFP, was involved in actions that could be construed as fomenting violence and which resulted in gross human rights violations, including random and target killings. [Citation
title =Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report
contribution =Section 4 Appendix: The ‘Third Force’
contribution-url =http://www.info.gov.za/otherdocs/2003/trc/4_3ap.pdf
volume =6
pages =584
year =2003
type =pdf]
ee also
*Civil Cooperation Bureau - an apartheid era military hit squad
*Inkatha - Zulu cultural and political organisation
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