South Africa

• Six day war


  1986
• Protests erupted in response to the government's plans to evict residents from their homes in the township
• Many residents were forced to live in overcrowded and inadequate housing conditions
• Residents' response


  Burnt some houses, including those of black policemen
• Police response


  Tear-gassed and fired on a crowd of 6,000 youth
• 4 residents were killed
• What was  Alexandra ‘six day war’ 1986