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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 Page The second applicant also pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and attempted attacks on Rosebank Police Station and ...(indistinct) Commando Headquarters. ... who were engaged in robberies and various criminal acts such as housebreaking etcetera, and that these persons were available to assist him in attacks and so on, attacks on ANC ... ... 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 ... 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. ... 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 ... 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 ... ... the deceased had gone to fetch other ANC supporters to attack him. He believed that the deceased was involved in the various acts of arson and attacks on ADM supporters. As far as he was concerned he was also involved in the murder of Xabendlini. The applicant was questioned at length as ... MR VAN DER MERWE: It was very high priority for us. There were many terrorist attacks, there were ANC and PAC cadres which committed acts of sabotage. Others had missions to be politically active, to influence the masses, to encourage them to resist the government and for that reason it was our ... ... the three targets with Macebo, who was the unit driver Siphiwo Mqweso who has already been referred to. The arms and ammunition used in all three attacks were supplied to them by members of the then PAC Regional Executive Committee, namely Theo Mabusela, Michael Siyolo and Richard Madala. ... ... period. They disputed the version of Coetzee and the other white officers that the information furnished by Ms Simelane led to the false flag attacks on the electrical power stations or was instrumental in the arrest of a number of persons linked to MK. Despite the sustained assaults ... During this period there were numerous armed attacks on bank vehicles, armoured vehicles, in which the criminal element was clearly discernible. These were organised attacks. During this time guards were disarmed, without killing them, and cash removed from the vehicles. During this time we ... CHAIRPERSON: Thank you. Mr Sibiya, after this incident, to your knowledge, I know that you were arrested soon after that, but to your knowledge, were there any further attacks of PAC persons by the ANC? CHAIRPERSON: Mr Kincaid, before you start you client has referred to many, many incidents, he has testified about a number of attacks, he did assist us as a panel to have an idea about the specific offences that the amnesty application relate to. I don't know if you have applied your mind to that ... ... policeman from the John Vorster Square, Warrant Officer Paul Erasmus, in one of his many interviews to the media has spoken about a spate of attacks which included an attack in Bellevue East house where he says they had information that there was a terrorist staying there. What Warrant ... We are, after considering all the evidence, satisfied that both attacks were acts associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past. We are also satisfied that the applicants have made a full disclosure of all relevant facts and that their ... ... during 1993, most of the time there were community members who were ANC members as well and we were fighting with IFP members who used to launch attacks on comrades. Many a time out brothers would lose their lives or fellow comrades. That is when I decided to join and have an input towards ... MR MOTATA: Yes, you're correct and the other attacks would be acts of criminality against the community? ... testified that with passage of time the vigilante group, which initially had a criminal element, changed character and concentrated their attacks on political activists, especially the youth. He himself was a political activist, though obviously not part of the youth. He says there ... ... companions who were seen to be fervently supporting the ANC and the PAC would be ousted. He states that at the time there were constant reports of attacks by PAC cadres on whites and military bases had been established in the Transkei. If the overthrow had been successful the SAP, and Vlakplaas ... ... why it was because the enemy inside the country was still working very strongly and apparently we were often, the community was often subject to attacks. It was then felt that the situation needs to be curbed. This was the resolution taken by the movement, because apparently the National ... |
