The Boipatong massacre took place on 17 June 1992 in Boipatong

Boipatong

Boipatong is a township near Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1955 to house black residents who worked in Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging.Boipatong means "the place of hiding" in the South Sotho language...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 when Inkatha Freedom Party

Inkatha Freedom Party

The Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...

 members killed 46 people. On the night of 17 June 1992, a heavily-armed force of Inkatha members secretly raided the Vaal township of Boipatong and killed 46 people. This was the result of Operation Marion

Operation Marion

Operation Marion was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War. The origins can be traced back to the murder of Piet Retief on 6 February 1838 by the Zulu king Dingane, which led to an alliance between the Boer people and the Zulu's, whereby...

.

The massacre

Massacre

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 caused the African National Congress

African National Congress

The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...

 to walk out of CODESA, the initial formal negotiations to end apartheid, accusing the ruling National Party

National Party (South Africa)

The National Party is a former political party in South Africa. Founded in 1914, it was the governing party of the country from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994. Members of the National Party were sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats. Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a...

 of complicity in the attacks. Subsequent judicial inquiries found no evidence of National Party or police involvement in the massacre. However, talks resumed following the Bisho massacre

Bisho massacre

The Bisho massacre occurred on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, in the nominally independent homeland of Ciskei in South Africa. Twenty-eight African National Congress supporters and one soldier were shot dead by the Ciskei Defence Force during a protest march when they attempted to enter Bisho to...

 on 7 September 1992, to avoid more massacres.

The massacre drew the attention of the United Nations Security Council

United Nations Security Council

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, which passed Resolution 765

United Nations Security Council Resolution 765

United Nations Security Council Resolution 765, adopted on July 16, 1992, after recalling resolutions 392 , 473 , 554 and 556 , the Council condemned the escalating violence in South Africa, in particular the Boipatong massacre on June 17, 1992, which resulted in the deaths of 46 people, and the...

on July 16, 1992, urging a full investigation into the incident.