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right-wing attacksExplanation DR NAIDOO: Well, as the Chairman would know, the Committee would know that the instance of heart attacks or precipitated heart attacks is higher in stress situations, so that would be the circumstances under which, as I know it, this deceased, the alleged deceased here, alleged individual was ... MR PANDAY: And was the - you mentioned you were facing your foes regularly, now what sort of attacks, or were there physical attacks being made against the people of kwaMakutha? ... going to find IFP supporters in the street and go and shoot them. Then under cross-examination he said: "No, I took this gun to protect us from attacks against the IFP because there was trouble in Tigane." Now when that evidence was given, I was under the impression that Tigane was over the ... ... and these were Inkatha members' cars. They dumped the body at the roadside and people alerted others that there was a body by the roadside. These attacks and abductions took place, and they continued up until one day there was going to be a final exam at a certain school, and the students who ... MR DU PLESSIS: When I heard after the bomb, after attacks or explosions, the Germiston bomb and some of the pipe bomb attacks and I heard that people were killed. MR MXHOSANA: Yes it was explained why we were at training that is (...indistinct). We were shown that the police are the support systems of the oppressive government because the police and soldiers were people who are supposed to be targeted for attacks. ... wish to conclude the evidence of the applicant Mr Gushu. Mr Gushu, yesterday you testified extensively about the murders, attempted murders and attacks on various people. You also mentioned that during the course of the attacks, you used on occasions a Makaroff pistol and AK47 rifles and ... ... that the police had gotten up to certain things, let us not argue about that, during the course of life. Amongst the police with regard to such attacks, was there a system where he should have had to contact you and discuss the whole matter with ... MR RADITAPOLE: Well, what would you say if I said to you that the only reason why, one of the reasons why you did nothing about these activities, is that you formed communality of purpose with whoever it was who was carrying out these attacks on Cosatu? country even though there was a general danger in Zambia, in Mozambique, in Lesotho, in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Tanzania. The danger was there, attacks were taking place in normal military attacks so this was - the whole area was dangerous to live in but I did not regard Lubango as an area ... I think all these attacks as you have explained that Security Forces were present, it is true, they are found everywhere. I don't know whether I answered your question. MS LOONAT: I beg your pardon, the political attacks. ... of Police, that the operation was carried out against political opponents and that it was devised in the belief that it would anticipate expected attacks against policemen and their families for whom it would not be logistically practical or possible to provide adequate conventional protection, ... MS CAMBANIS: And do you deny that it was bombs were used for terror attacks on Blacks and Black taxis? ... for personal gain. He did not know the identities of the victims and acted against them solely because they were IFP members or supporters. Such attacks were common and constituted an integral part of the political conflict between the ANC and IFP at the time. His actions were accordingly ... MR NGWENGWA: What necessitated the fact that I make an application for amnesty, the fact that at the time of the attacks of the people of Polla Park in 1990, they came to me as the Chairperson of the Polla Park branch and they needed a solution because we were being attacked and I could see it ... MR MAHAMBANE: As to strategising as to how to best defend ourselves against these attacks. put it to you that you display an amazing level of ignorance regarding the structures which had been put in place to defend kwaMadala, and to launch attacks from ... MR HATTINGH: And were you therefore aware of the fact that members of your group were responsible for carrying out attacks inside the Republic of South Africa? Can I now carry on and tell you how the attacks were? |