The Boipatong massacre took place on 17 June 1992 in Boipatong, South Africa when mainly-Zulu dwellers from the KwaMadala Hostel for migrant workers went on a rampage through the township, killing 46 people. is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Boipatong is a township near Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa. ... Languages Zulu Religions Christian, African Traditional Religion Related ethnic groups Bantu Nguni Basotho Xhosa Swazi Matabele Khoisan The Zulu (South African English and isiZulu: amaZulu) are a South African ethnic group of an estimated 17-22 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ...

The massacre caused the African National Congress to walk out of the negotiations to end apartheid, accusing the ruling National Party of complicity in the attacks.^[1] However, talks resumed following the Bisho massacre in September 1992, when the spectre of violent confrontation made it clear that negotiations were the only way forward.^[2] For political parties with similar names in other countries, see Northern Rhodesian African National Congress and Zambian African National Congress. ... The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of negotiations between 1990 and 1993. ... The National Party (Afrikaans: Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of South Africa from June 4th 1948 until May 9th 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. ... The Bisho massacre occurred on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, in the nominally independent homeland of Ciskei in South Africa. ...

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