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people's war

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a popular national rebellion of both trained soldiers and ordinary civilians during the mid- to late 80s. The strategy, promoted by the ANC, involved integrating armed MK combatants with mass organisations inside South African townships, and rendering the townships ungovernable through attacks on the security forces and other representatives of the state.

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APPENDIX 1 “ A ” SCHEDULE OF CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS TO THE TRC REPORT Pursuant to review proceedings instituted by the IFP and Minister Buthelezi, upon reconsideration of its initial findings and upon receipt of extensive representations made by the IFP and Minister Buthelezi, the following ...
In various findings made by the TRC against the IFP it sought to create links between a variety of violent activities taking place within community dynamics and individual crimes on the one hand and Inkatha on the other hand. At no stage did Inkatha advocate a policy of violence. In fact, the ...
The TRC made a number of finding relating to black-on-black conflict. In this regard the figures of casualties suggested by the TRC are unsubstantiated and have been extrapolated through statistics based on an undisclosed and obviously erroneous methodology. Contrary to what is stated in the ...
26. Volume 5, Chapter 6, paragraph 117 – 119, page 232: 1 1 7 The above mentioned incidents represent iconic events over the past twelve years in which IFP office - bearers, members and supporters were involved in acts of serious political violence. They do not purport to be a complete list of ...
23. Volume 3, Chapter 3, finding at paragraph 318, page 286: THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE KILLING OF SIXTEEN PEOPLE ON 8 NOVEMBER 1990 WAS CAUSED BY UNKNOWN SUPPORTERS OF THE IFP FROM THE BRUNTVILLE HOSTEL, CONSTITUTING GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, FOR WHICH UNKNOWN INKAT H A - SUPPORTING ...
... and one of the other members then assaulted Nkomane then deposited him outside the township. At this stage, Mr Nkomane began running back towards the white area . 207. The group pursued him, caught him and the applicant assaulted him by fisting him until he fell down. The applicant’s ...
POST-1990 VIOLATIONS Sabotage of the transitional process 121. The Committee received thirty-five applications from members of right-wing organisations in respect of a range of violations committed with the aim of sabotaging the process of negotiations in the country. The violations, for the ...
Internal clashes 246. Some of the conflicts in KwaZulu/Natal relate to internal disputes within the ANC and its allies. Two ANC members, Mr Thulani Christopher Madlala [AM5993/97] and Mr Happy A Mngomezulu [AM7322/97], were granted amnesty [AC/2000/104] for fatally shooting Mr Mpumelelo Phewa at ...
Self-defence units and weapons supply 253. The most senior ANC applications received in respect of this region relate to the provision of weapons and training of SDUs by three ANC leadership figures. Mr Jeff Radebe [AM7170/97], Mr Ian Phillips [AM5951/97] and Mr Sipho Sithole [AM5950/97] served on ...
6 2 in the Table Mountain area near Pietermaritzburg on 2 February 1993. The attackers believed that the vehicle was owned and driven by a local IFP warlord who had attacked ANC supporters. In fact, the bakkie was taking schoolchildren to school. Six children were killed and fifteen survived with ...
... you listened to today, they a re before this committee, particularly, for amnesty and they are also asking for forgiveness. What is your attitude towards that? MR MTHEMBU: I do forgive them, because I knew we were not enemies. It was politics that caused the animosity in the whole world and even ...
as well a ‘social movement’ that mobilised ordinary citizens who fell outside its formal structures. The ANC sought to spearhead a ‘people’s war’ and to provide the banner under which widespread and varied forms of protest could be enacted by a range of participants. The ANC thus ...
... that, through their actions, they sought to emulate the progressive protest activities of their urban counterparts and shed the label of rural backwardness. In this way, they aimed to contribute to the national democratic struggle. At the Thoyohandou hearing, Mr Ramitsi said: During that time, ...
‘Declaration of Responsibility’ 29. In line with the ANC’s position that its leadership accepted full political and moral responsibility for the actions of its members, large numbers of National Executive Committee (NEC)1 1 5 members and those involved in ANC hierarchies submitted ...
THE AMNESTY ARENA Full disclosure 86. Some applicants approached the Amnesty Committee in the erroneous belief that it would offer them a hearing on what they believed to be false charges against them and for which they had been wrongfully imprisoned. 87. Mr Baba Langelihle Khomo [AM ...
Amatikhulu and Emandleni trainees 71. According to IFP senator Mr Philip Powell, the IFP started training IFP recruits in Patheni near Richmond at the end of 1992. The project was so successful that, after some months, another training camp was established at Elandskop.179 Powell said that he ...
... and Mr Bhekizulu Gwala. 53. The families of the victims had reservations about whether the applicant had fully disclosed the facts but gestures towards reconciliation were extended between the parties. The Amnesty Committee granted Mweli amnesty on all counts, with the exception of the murder ...
... he was the political commissar and commander of hit squads that had been trained in the Caprivi in 1986 and at Mlaba camp in 1993. 55. Mr A Stewart, who represented Luthuli and some of the Caprivi trainees, argued b e fore the Committee that structures had already been put into place for the ...
... After the training, I received a list of people who were supposed to be killed because they were destabilising the ANC campaign which was geared towards the 1994 election. I was informed that by the time the elections come, these people should have been removed . MS LOONAT: Who gave you this ...
... others to the party in order to attack the ANC. The following day, a group of over 100 youths chased Ms Mphambani and two of her teenage children towards the forest . When they caught Ms Mphambani she pleaded for her life, begging for forgiveness and promising to join the ANC. At its East London ...
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