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  1. Town in Transvaal, South Africa, 800 km/500
  2. mi W of Pretoria. In Nov 1985 it was the
  3. scene of a demonstration against high rents
  4. that resulted in the death of a police
  5. officer and the subsequent arrest of 25
  6. people. The `Upington 25', as they came to be
  7. known, were later found guilty of murder
  8. under the law of common purpose.
  9.