South African church shooting

Title

South African church shooting

Genre

News report

TX Date

26 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:01:20

Description

Jeremy Thompson reports on a shooting at a packed church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, believed to have been an attempt to prevent unveiling of a draft new constitution for South Africa going ahead today. Reports on reaction by political and church leaders to the attack which left 11 dead and many more injured.

Contributors

Jeremy Thompson

Keywords

Deaths; South Africa; Apartheid; Political systems; Homicide; Political reform; Black African peoples; Democracy; Constitutions; ANC; Cape Town; Interethnic conflicts

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