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right-wing attacks

Explanation
Prior to February 1990, violations committed by members of right-wing organisations took the form of isolated attacks with a strong racist character. During the early 1990s, members of right-wing organisations, perceiving themselves to be placed under siege by the process of constitutional negotiations for a democratic dispensation, carried out a large number of attacks aimed at securing the political interests of conservative Afrikaners. Isolated racist attacks on individuals were replaced by mass demonstrations and orchestrated bombing and sabotage campaigns. Between April 1993 and May 1994, right-wing groups engaged in a range of activities to disrupt the negotiations process then underway, and later to destabilise the electoral process. Many of these acts were directed against persons perceived to be supporters and leaders of the ANC, the SACP, the UDF, the PAC and the National Party, and resulted in gross violations of human rights. Violations of a purely racial character were also carried out against black people. During the pre-election period, the AWB and other right-wing organisations engaged in a bombing campaign with the aim of derailing the electoral process. The objective of these activities was to move towards 'overthrowing' the National Party government and to establish a Boererepubliek (Boer republic) and volkstaat. Public areas such as taxi ranks, bus stops and railway stations were targeted, as were private residential and business premises of those associated with the ANC or the unfolding democratic order. State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all. A number of formerly 'white' schools were bombed. The campaign involved many acts of sabotage, some of which led to the loss of life.

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would 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
These frequent and ongoing attacks understandably led to the leadership of COSATU being sensitive to and worried about further attacks.
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
CHAIRPERSON: So there were then attacks and counterattacks with the main role-players being Msomi on the one side and Kwela on the other?
... whether it was written or typed, which allegedly had been written by Ferndale or signed by Ferndale in which he admits his partipance in bomb attacks, or planned attacks, something to that affect. But it dealt with acts of ...
MR VISSER: Would you accept that he was planning to execute attacks on, well attacks in South Africa, would you accept that?
... There were two ways of thinking, one was that we should pretend that he was abroad, somewhere overseas, so that Lennox Sebe could stop with these attacks or his purported attacks on ...
MS KHAMPEPE: Mr Mpshe, may I interpose. Does it mean that when you were at Ndaleni the alleged members of the PAC, sorry, of the IFP from Gengeshe came and continued to launch attacks against you whilst you were at Ndaleni?
MS COLLETT: Now as a headman under this political umbrella, did you suffer any losses or attacks at the hands of anybody?
... would sit around them. Those are other groups of people that were shot at and I'm not aware whether they got injured or died as a result of those ...
Mr Flores, during this incident, is it correct that there was a high intensity of insurgency and attacks, specifically in the Eastern Transvaal?
MR MBANDAZAYO: And you were also involved in three to four other operations, mostly farm attacks?
... on, and we did not sleep at our respective places, we went out to sleep at different places because she had threatened that there were going to be attacks. And the people - the community remarked that Nkosi had brought ANC into the area, as well as Buthelezi, who was the chairman of the ANC. ...
... attack and the killing of Mduduzi. Applicant urged the members to fight back and attack with the same precision that the opponent executed their attacks. Applicant's opinion was that as it appeared that their opponents were attempting to finish them off, the best form of defence was to attack ...
"Kondile has not yet been interrogated in detail regarding attacks in the Cape Province as tentative arrangements were made with the security branch, Port Elizabeth, to do this with their co-operation"
... was unemployed and his grandmother was killed by invading ANC supporters in a night raid. He was hiding in the bushes when he witnessed one of the attacks and this was on his home. His house was burnt that night whilst, as I said, he was watching from his hiding place. Fortunately his ...
MR KNOETZE: Then I'd like to ask you, were you ever personally a target of terror attacks or were you never personally exposed to that?
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