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Boipatong's 'an environmental disaster and people here are sick from it'

Boipatong, site of the 1992 massacre, now faces a new ordeal

21 February 2021 - 00:00 By alex patrick

Almost 30 years ago, Bakoena Street ran red with blood when 45 people were killed in the infamous Boipatong massacre...

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