Lowveld Massacre

The killing of people by the apartheid forces started with the killing of a student named Mandla Lekhuleni during a student protest. As people around the community gathered at Lekhuleni’s home for his funeral, teargas and rubber bullets were fired at the mourners killing one mourner named Connie Sibiya. Scores of people were injured, arrested, and charged with public violence. 

The Lowveld massacre occurred on the 11 March 1986. Thousands of young people had gathered outside the Kabokweni magistrate court to protest during the trial of their fellow students. This led to South African security forces opening fire on the masses, killing two more people named Mandla Shabangu and Saul Mkhabela and injuring many more.