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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 301 to 320 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 •20 Next Page•Last Pagewould say, at the time when we identified the old age home as a target, it happened that around South Africa, especially in Johannesburg, there were attacks in trains, there were attacks in Boipatong, Sebokeng, around Sebokeng. Black people were killed like flies. Then the understanding of Apla ... ... shooting or there after. He never came across an incident where the IFP attacked children and he knew that members of the ANC were not to direct attacks on children. His intention was to destroy Makeke, the driver of the ... So indeed it is submitted that in relation to each of the attacks and murders and assaults outlined in the six events under discussion, it is correct to hold and I submit proper to hold that there were attacks on people perceived and held in the bona fide belief of my clients to be opponents of ... ... at one go, in other words, before the 28th of January 1989, then come into the country - and as we go through your statement we'll see the various attacks that you carried out, or did you go back to Zimbabwe or communicate with Mr Saloojee between ... ... The killing of children were considered justified in cross-border raids, and by the ANC with reference to the Church Street bombings and other attacks, also reflected in the ANC's second statement to the TRC, where the deaths of women and children are documented. Reference should ... ... to be directly linked to a political struggle, but there are others and the majority of them are there. You will see in this list that there were attacks on policemen, there were attacks on civilian population, there were murders, attempted murders, there were robberies which necessary ... ... from his area joined some sort of self-defence units and engaged in training with firearms and other weapons. They were involved in a number of attacks and incidents of political violence against neighbouring areas that were prevalent at the time. Some of them returned to the forests around ... These frequent and ongoing attacks understandably led to the leadership of COSATU being sensitive to and worried about further attacks. The NP regime failed to repudiate or reject any Security Force attacks on prominent ANC leaders in exile creating clearly the impression of tacit approval for those attacks. ... lost his leg when the landmines detonated. It was discovered that the same ANC members who had planted the landmines were planning to launch other attacks in the Eastern Transvaal, including attacks on farmhouses, on a white primary ... VAN RENSBURG: Okay now let's turn to the incidents that took place on the 25th to the 28th of February of that year, and I specifically refer to the attacks that were launched at the house of the deceased's brother, Mr Petrus Mahvunga and I want to ask you, were you part and parcel of those ... attend the hearing. Both the 3rd and 4th Applicants had no independent recollection of the specific incident, having been involved in numerous such attacks, and relied on the evidence of the other ... The Committee is also of the opinion that the next of kin of the persons mentioned above and the persons wounded in the attacks should be declared victims in terms of Act 34 of 1995 as amended. The names of the victims are as follows:- ... that he may have been involved in the, if not the perpetrating of the acts against them but at least in giving some information which led to the attacks on their ... ... that there was political pressure placed on the Defence Force to act against the ANC. If my recollection is correct, during that time there were attacks on shopping centres and amongst others, there was a Wimpy Bar that was targeted with a limpet mine and if I can remember correctly, it was ... In 1990, that is when the attacks started to happen within the trains from members of the IFP attacking members of the train sector. Many comrades were murdered in trains. Even myself, I'm one of the victims or survivors within the train violence. Therefore we saw that it was important that we ... MR RICHARD: Now in and during the same period, were you aware that there were various attacks on substations and other installations in and around Durban? Mr Kunene, we were turning now at page 7 to the two attacks on CNA and there at paragraph 9.1 you say ordering the detonation of two low power explosives of two CNA branches and to that you're referring to the branch in Pinetown and Durban, is that correct? ... he was excited, he was relieved that he had arrived finally at home. Werealised that he had been mentally affected. He kept on having these attacks.The doctor said that there was a clot in his brain. He was taken for treatmentfor fits. He even had high blood pressure until he suffered a ... Mr Abraham, can you give us your own account of your health? --- There are times when this causes me to have cardiac attacks. I do get employed, but because of my illness I always lose my job. |