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Hostels in the provinces of KwaZulu/Natal and the Transvaal, particularly in the PWV (Pretoria/Witwatersrand/Vereeniging) area, became strongholds of the IFP in the early nineties. They became no-go areas for non-Inkatha residents of adjacent communities. In turn, IFP hostel-dwellers were increasingly alienated in these communities and were frequently attacked by resident youth activists. IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers were, however, responsible for launching several large-scale attacks on adjacent townships and informal settlements in these provinces. The overwhelming majority of victims in these attacks were non-IFP township residents.

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He spent some time in the mine and in single hostels and he ended up in prison. And the idea of prison gangsterism started when prisoners had no structure, no voice to represent them about their complaints and about their plights. They then decided to form these gangsters.
which were ibasi, you know hostel-dwellers. We worked very close ironically, we worked very closely with hostels and it was one of the areas that I enjoyed working in at the time. That was my participation in SASU and as you all know, people kept on getting banned, going into exile. Those who ...
MR TSHABANGU: Before the 17th of June 1992 the ANC, that is the ANC at Boipatong, marched to kwaMadala threatening that we should be evicted and the hostel should be demolished. And these were the utterances of the ANC itself that the hostels should be demolished at the time.
... here to come and listen to this gruesome ordeal that I experienced. In 1983, although I do not remember the date, I use to stay in Tembisa at the hostels. I moved with some of the Comrades from the hostel and we left for Alexandra during the mass funeral of 17 people who were killed. From ...
... gunfire from inside. A policeman came out of the hall and fired at him. He sustained an injury on the right leg and he ran towards the university hostels for help. There he met a woman whom he told that had he been innocently walking past the hall when the shooting started. She dressed his ...
MR KHANYILE: No, Mr Strydom, I no longer feel the same. All I can say is that after the incident I was committed to peace because I would say that there are so many things that I have done from that time up to today which we efforts to reconcile the ANC and the IFP, especially in the hostels.
CHAIRPERSON: Well I'm not too sure whether this witness said that there was no television in the hostel at all. Were there televisions in the hostels?
... got limited knowledge concerning that, except that at a certain stage Vlakplaas members told me that they handed over weapons to the Zulus at the hostels, to commit those crimes. At a certain stage I was at the Three Sister Restaurant in Hillbrow with Chappies Kloppers, who then testified at a ...
MR NGUBENI: Mostly, the people that we were fighting against were people from the hostels. These are the people who used to come to attack us. They were IFP aligned.
Mr Mahlangu, when you came to Mshayazafe, did you get inside those hostels or were you shooting from the outside?
... 4, from approximately 06h00 Inkatha supporters came into the centre of Johannesburg and began roaming around. Most of them came by foot from the hostels. ...
MR SITHOLE: I’m saying I know the activities took place around Soweto. One place that I can make mention of it is Umzimhlope, Dube and other nearby hostels.
MR DANIELS: Did you become aware during your stay here in Jo'burg of hostilities between the ANC and the IFP, not only in Jo'burg and not only in the hostel, but generally speaking, whether it be in Natal or in the hostels or in the taxis or the trains, did you become aware of that?
MR MBELO: Mr Chairman, before I went to NY1 I dropped one of the Riot Squad members on, at the corner of NY1 and the street which came behind Dairy Belle Hostels and on the right-hand side, from the eastern side there were some of our policemen also there.
to explain this. The train would come from Germiston, so that the last station in Khatlehong is kwaZihne station, and this station is surrounded by hostels. When the train comes to a halt at kwaZihne station, obviously we would know that these are IFP members, the train was now being used by the ...
ADV GCABASHE : What had the leadership decided to do about talking to the community in Zone 4 about these incidents? Just take us through that. Not your leadership, the people who were above you, unless you were in complete control of the hostels, you can explain that.
MR CEBEKHULU: We were buying them in the hostels.
... out there in the small countries of our country and I thought they were being very courageous. Up to points where they would even infiltrate mine hostels against the restrictions that were being put before them by mine security and the police, generally. In terms of politics, I think some of ...
and his friends would rely on. The fact that there was a political turmoil in the area, it is not good enough a reason for anyone to go out of the hostels and go about shooting people and robbing people. It is also clear in our minds here that a reason was given for the alleged order which ...
... station. At that time we were monitoring the move by the IFP, the KwaZulu Police, because they were all arresting everybody on the road and in the hostels. On the 10th June 1992 Sergeant Gumede - Khumalo - chased me from Mkhabusa area. He was driving in a white Sentra, and the other squad were ...
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