SUMMARY

In late 1992, the ANC in Bhambayi split up in two factions, the ANC - 'Greens' and the ANC - 'Reds'. The split was triggered by competition for limited resources in the settlement. According to some sources, the scarce resource that formed the basis of the conflict was 'muti', the herbs and roots used by traditional leaders to form a magic potion which is supposed to make bullets pass through the body without causing injuries.

Most victims of the conflict between the ANC - 'Greens' and the ANC - 'Reds' factions were stabbed or hacked to death. The conflict spiraled on in the sense that one incident of violence often leads to revenge by the other faction, and so on.

The violence was geographically limited to the Amaoti and Bhambayi squatter camps in the greater Durban area in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The non-state conflict between the ANC - 'Greens' -faction and the ANC - 'Reds' -faction is first included in UCDP data in 1993. In July of that year, the conflict reached the UCDP threshold of at least 25 battle-related deaths.