| Name assigned by coder: |
no
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| PGM ID Number: |
109
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| Country: |
South Africa |
| Date formed: |
Jan. 1, 1975 |
| Details of Formation: |
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| Date dissolved: |
Unknown |
| Details of Termination: |
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| Successor group(s): |
none
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| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
person/minister; political party
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| Training and Equipment |
yes |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
yes |
| Shared personnel |
no information |
| Types of Material Support: |
domestic government; self-maintained
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| State Sponsor(s): |
none
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| Other Connection(s): |
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| Membership: |
ethnic; adolescents; party activists
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| Location: |
KwaZulu |
| Force Strength: |
[900000,
1600000] |
| Target(s): |
unarmed political opposition, government critics; rebels, insurgents, or other armed group
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| Purpose(s): |
protect national borders and integrity
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| Other Information: |
-originally a political movement (and again today), the organization secretely received government funding to fight in townships against the ANC, its major political opponent in the 1980's.
(Hard to distinguish between political party and violent organization during that time)
-It transformed into a violent, armed, pro-government group during that time.
-Consists of Zulu population.
- 200 members were trained by the SA military in 1986.
-Chief Buthelezi was the leader, also being the Chief Minister of the so-called homeland of KwaZulu
-Group was used to counter the actions of counter-apartheid activists by the government
-Full name, Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe (National Cultural Liberation Movement)
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