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Storming of the Kempton Park World Trade Centre
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| Date | June 25, 1993 |
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| Location | Kempton Park World Trade Centre |
| Motive | Protest against Apartheid negotiations and demanding of a Volkstaat |
| Organized by |  Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging Afrikaner Volksfront |
| Participants | 10,000-15,000 |
| Property damage | 700,000 Rand |
| Charges | 60 AWB members charged |
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| Apartheid |
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The storming of the Kempton Park World Trade Centre took place in South Africa on 25 June 1993 when approximately three thousand members of the Afrikaner Volksfront (AVF), Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and other right-wing Afrikaner paramilitary groups stormed the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, near Johannesburg.[1]
At the time of the attack the World Trade Centre was the venue for multi-party negotiations to end the apartheid system through the country's first multi-racial elections. These negotiations were strongly opposed by right-wing white groups in South Africa. The invasion came after other clashes between police and right-wingers, such as the Battle of Ventersdorp, and much belligerent rhetoric from right-wing leaders such as Eugène Terre'Blanche of the AWB.[1][2]
- ^ a b "White Separatists Storm South African Negotiations". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Democracy is a success story to celebrate". South Africa Government. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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