Trust Feed
Trust Feed | |
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| Coordinates: 29°23′53″S 30°32′31″E / 29.398°S 30.542°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | UMgungundlovu |
| Municipality | uMshwathi |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.14 km2 (0.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,760 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 97.7% |
| • Coloured | 0.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 1.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 92.5% |
| • English | 2.9% |
| • Sotho | 2.4% |
| • Other | 2.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 3233 |
| 1988 Trust Feed Massacre | |
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| Location | Trust Feed, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Date | 3 December 1988 |
| Target | Apparent UDF supporters |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 11 Inkatha supporters |
| Assailants | South African Police officers |
| Convicted | Captain Brian Mitchell (granted amnesty in 1996) |
Trust Feed is a small rural town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
The 1988 Trust Feed massacre, in which 11 people were shot dead by police, was significant in that it was one of the first cases of political violence in which the involvement of senior police officers was proven. At the time, the massacre was taken as evidence for allegations of so-called Third Force activity. The officer convicted of ordering the killings later became the first member of the apartheid security forces to be granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.