South African democratization coincided with lethal African-on-African violence
Evidence
Natal became a killing ground. Heavily armed Inkatha supporters had in effect declared war on ANC strongholds across the Natal Midlands region and around Pietermaritzburg. Entire villages were set alight, dozens of people were killed, hundreds were wounded, and thousands became refugees. In March 1990 alone, 230 people lost their lives in this internecine violence. In Natal, Zulu was murdering Zulu, for Inkatha members and ANC partisans are Zulus. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 597
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Racialized mass violence recurs transnationally, from slavery through apartheid to mass incarceration