/ 24 March 2000

5 000 TO ATTEND SHELL HOUSE MARCH

THE Inkatha Freedom Party said on Friday night that it expects at least 5000 members to attend its annual marchin Johannesburg on Saturday to commemorate the Shell House shooting of 1994. Police said they will maintain tight security for the duration of the march. During a pre-election march in 1994 a clash erupted outside Shell House — the African National Congress headquarters — between ANC security guards and marchers. At least 42 people were killed in over 250 injured.