Pass

... May [1963] but he was not released. The government refused. He was one of the people who built up an organisation. They then decided that they will pass a Sobukwe Clause so that they can keep him … It is both the NP and the opposition party of the day that agreed that he should be, he should ...

... Johan Martin ‘Sakkie’ van Zyl [AM5637/97]. It was revealed that the car in which the four were travelling was intercepted at the Oliphantshoek pass. The four were shot or stabbed, and their bodies mutilated, before being dumped in the veld near Port Elizabeth. The ‘PEBCO Three’ 299 ...

... cost of labour and the costs of reproducing that labour. This zeal for population control on the part of the mining houses set a precedent for the pass laws of the apartheid government . 46. The mines’ thirst for migratory labour led them to establish recruiting agencies in distant rural ...

... with branches or operatives based at Ladysmith, Greytown, Kokstad and Matatiele. Natal Security Branch operatives were also based at the Sani Pass and Boesmansnek Border Posts with Lesotho. Amongst the Branch’s divisional commanders was Brigadier Jacobus Hendrik ‘Jac’ Buchner. 235. As ...

... had very few investigators. Those who remained behind were assigned to dealing with amnesty investigations. The H RVC Commissioner was compelled to pass the onus of gathering corroborative information back to the deponents and families of potential victims. Deponents were requested to obtain ...

... of life and/or the potential for loss of life and damage to property. 115. The pattern that was followed by successive apartheid governments was to pass to laws to legitimise their conduct. When that failed, they did not hesitate to act outside of the law and resort to criminality. 116. In the ...

... that was deemed to be a UDF area. In February 1987, he went to collect his matriculation results from school. In order to get there, he had to pass through an Inkatha stronghold. He was abducted by a named IFP member and not seen again. The KZP, in whose jurisdiction Shongweni fell, provided ...

... 1960s: PAC National Working Committee/Task Force/Poqo 279. The PAC explained in its submission that the response of the government to the anti-pass campaign (the Sharpeville massacre) led to the ‘formation of rudimentary units comprising mainly task force members. Armed operations were ...

at one another, looking at the past as something that is – should dominate our lives … I felt that was the opportunity that I will never let … pass me. I had to jump in and actually now also extend my hand of friendship to the victims or the people that suffered because of my actions in ...

... criminal purposes. You prevented Rolande from helping rebuild our broken nation which, if you had simply waited another few months, in fact came to pass when we had free elections. Your commander Brigadier Nene stated that it was difficult to control the forces on the ground due to lack of ...

... Inligtingstaakspan), a counter-revolutionary intelligence task group, is formed to collect operationally directed intelligence. The US passes the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act which imposes fiscal and other sanctions on South Africa. Charles Sebe, jailed in 1984 for plotting a ...

... enquiry. In the interest of conveying a public and determined intent to uproot dubious practices, the Commission submits that the decision to pass piecemeal allegations to the Attorney-General, the Office for Serious Economic Offences and the Goldstone Commission, was a short-sighted one. ...

... on the night of 27 June, the ‘Cradock Four’ were returning from a UDF meeting in Port Elizabeth, when they were abducted at the Olifantshoek pass. The four were shot and/or stabbed, and their bodies mutilated in order to turn suspicion away from the security forces. Their burnt bodies were ...

... upon Henry’s request – a telephone for the house will also be expedited. 576 Colonel Hermanus du Plessis of the Security Branch attempted to pass Maqina on to Colonel Lourens du Plessis in Military Intelligence (MI) during 1986 when he became an “embarrassment” after being caught by ...

... Coetzee “walked around like a dog wanting to bite someone’s testicles. The Lieutenant said he would catch hold of my testicles and make me pass faeces.” Colonel Dreyer said in court that it was possible that Gwala could have been interrogated for two days without sleep. Captain Fourie ...

... in order that truth should be uncovered and justice seen to be done. Even though it is not the work of the [Truth and Reconciliation Commission] to pass judgement or sentence on the oppressors, it has led many perpetrators of crimes to seek amnesty. That is good for them. The [Amnesty Committee] ...

... Elsewhere, there is plenty of documentary and other evidence7 that women were active before the 1960s – in particular in the memorable 1956 anti-pass march that is today celebrated each year on Women’s Day. There is also plenty of evidence in documents8 that women were severely punished – ...

... crafted too well; it was designed to discourage those who, like me, sought to improve their circumstances and those of their communities… The pass laws and influx control regulations were, for me, the focal point of the comprehensive network of laws and regulations which dominated my early ...

- and I controlled myself together with my wife as Christians. We knew very well that we will have to die one day but we know there are many ways to pass away from this earth. But the way in which my son, Sidney Ndlazi, was injured, it makes me very painful. I cannot forget this. It is almost ten ...

... records, police occurrence books, prison registers, hospital or other medical records. All too often, this was not available: either the normal passage of time or deliberate concealment had led to its being destroyed. When such material could not be found, either the deponents themselves or ...