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people's warExplanation The false explanation in this regard, reinforces the above finding that the list was compiled as a hit list with the intended victims prioritised as indicated on the list. Walus also reconnoitred the home of President Mandela who was identified as the first target on the hit list. This conduct ... MR VISSER: Well the situation here, Mr Botha, is that you weren't really a lot of people who could address the problem of the struggle of the past here in Natal, is that correct? I am of the opinion that the applicant fall within the ambit of Section 20 (2) (a) and/or (f). It is true that a person like Amos (accepted to be "a well known IFP leader" in the area) did not have the authority to impose orders upon the applicant to commit murder. As a matter of fact nobody in ... MR BIZOS: Mr Chairman, Mr Chairman, I'm sorry to interrupt my learned friend. The witness is reading the narrative part of the actions which he took. I would submit with respect, that reading out from a prepared document on issues upon which the credibility of the witness has to be weighed is not ... MS COLERIDGE: Yes, thank you Chairperson. The first applicant on the roll today Chairperson, is Mr Mamphaga. I just want to inform the Commission that the following people are implicated people and that we've also been informed by the applicant that these persons, Mr Steve Kumba, his Commander, ... CHAIRPERSON: If you require a little more time I am prepared to stand down to enable you to consult the people. 8. Malicious damage to the house of the people mentioned under 7 and the burning of Alet Schoon's car. MRS WALTERS: My husband was a victim in the Church Street bombing as already mentioned earlier. It happened in 1983. As far as we know 19 people died and more than 200 people were injured. My husband was seriously injured that night. PRETORIA HEARING TRC/GAUTENG MRS MAGAWANA: They said that because my husband joined Congo, Undlovu. He then recruited other people. They would have meetings at Kanaga in Mziko in the mountain. The Chief did not like this. He would pretend as if he was going to join then, meanwhile he is taking their names down. Then ... People came around because they had seen these two policemen. And wanted to know what is happening. And they said, we are shooting. That is what happened. While that was happening, I called my son. He was standing outside and I called him and he didn't want to come inside. And that was what ... Let me say this once more, that these small towns have suffered. They have suffered because of what people did so we thank you for coming all the way from Indwe to give us testimony on Fumanekile Jacobs. Could you please put on your headphones so I am going to hand you over to someone who is ... The Amnesty Committee is of the opinion that the families of the deceased referred to in Counts 5, 6, 7 and 8 and the people that were injured referred to in Counts 9 and 10 and Gary Atkinson, the co-owner and manager of the Heidelberg Tavern are victims in relation to the incident and they are ... MR VISSER: That included that he came to Pretoria on a particular day to speak to Brigadier Cronje and that he was introduced to two people, one he couldn't remember the other one was Captain Hechter and thirdly that you were present at a meeting where Roos discussed the problems relating to ... MS SEATLHOLO: I am Dorothy Seatlhlolo. I am the wife of the late Sydney Maphalala. My husband was shot. He was killed brutally in 1976 by a car which was going around killing people in Soweto. It's a car, I always see it going up and down killing people in the township, until on the 27th of ... It was the 19th of May in 1986 at about 10 o’clock perhaps 11 o’clock - there was unrest along the Q-block. Both children and elderly people were helping a UDF member to move. There were Casspirs casing our young boys - Casspirs driven by the boers. Perhaps I should ask Brig Loots just to explain one further thing. Were you present when the people entered Botswana, did you see who they were? When my wife went out to look she just collapsed. Nonkonyane said that he will sent his people. Our house were burnt down and our furniture. The applicant knew what the intention of the group was which he willingly joined. The only ventures of this group was to deal with people who assisted the apartheid regime in any way whatsoever. MR BOTHA: After the small charge of explosives had been put together I made some phone calls to the cinemas where I warned the people there that bombs had been placed as a result of the screening of Cry Freedom. ADV VISSER: So you could have shot or hit some of the people inside the kombi? |
