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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 201 to 220 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 7 •8 •9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 Next Page•Last Pageto launch an attack on whites in the bar at the East London Railway Station; to attack whites at the High Gate Hotel in East London. All these attacks were going to be directed at whites in accordance with what the Applicants say was the policy of APLA. The orders were issued to the ... The regions affected by train violence were particularly the East Rand, Soweto, and the Johannesburg area. Originally, attacks were primarily confined to trains travelling between Johannesburg and Soweto, between Germiston and Katlehong, and between Germiston and Johannesburg, but later they ... MR KAHANOVITZ: But Mr van Zyl, this isn't poison, this is a sophisticated operation involving the manufacture of tablets that will cause heart attacks in someone that has pre-existing heart problems, correct? The attacks continued, directed against the Police and they were attacked by the youth who were aligned to the ANC and I wasn't staying in the township during that time, because most Policemen have to run out due to the fact that their houses were being burnt down, some of them died. The attacks on Mr Marius Schoon, as I think I have said before, number one, I had no specific knowledge of and number two, certainly did not surprise me Mr Chairman, because of the nature of number one, the ANC activities in Gaberone, in Botswana in general and number two, as a result of the ... ... and your neighbour. Is there anything which took place between the ANC and the IFP where you were staying? Maybe you got involved in those attacks. --- No, I was helping the ANC instead, because I would be taken by members of the ANC and they would say I should go and talk to the ... MR MWELI: Ndo was wanted by IFP members because he was one person who was involved with IFP attacks, too many of them. MR BUTHELEZI: I was in favour of the attack, because of the situation, the difficulties that we were experiencing. Even though this was against IFP policy, the attacks that we were experiencing, were really difficult on us. ... were often allegations in the media and other places of several incidents where there were alleged that the powers of the State were involved with attacks on activists, the killing of activists, is that ... ... are four applicants but only three will be because Phila Dolo will not be featuring in this application because he was not involved in the farm attacks, he was involved in the Ficksburg area and they have already been heard, his application. What I think was somebody who was supposed to be ... CHAIRPERSON: Was it just an informal sort of an effort on the part of the Lusaka-B community to protect themselves against these attacks? ... instance where a weapons cache was established for the CCB at Krugersdorp and which led the following day to this find of this cache and led to the attacks in Zambia and in Zimbabwe and in Botswana where several persons were killed and facilities were ... Applicant's own assessment was that due to their actions, fewer members of the community were killed as the attacks on the township abated soon after the victims were attacked. MR MANDLAZI: Yes, we would use those vehicles when carrying out certain attacks, depending on the area that we were going to attack. For instance if the terrain was not good, we would use Casspirs. MR LAMEY: And then the specific information came through via Intelligence reports from Ladybrand that over the festive season certain attacks were being planned. ... very important that we should make this clear for the purposes of these hearings. Can you for a start explain to the Committee why then in certain attacks petrol bombs were used and otherwise bombs with ... CHAIRPERSON: Your other information may relate to other attacks, or whatever, but this particular attack on the 14th of June, you are saying, as I understand it, that you are unaware of any deaths that occurred as a result of information that you passed on in relation to this attack? ... routes during 1986 and 1987. Weapons and explosives were stored in Botswana and brought into the country from there, where it was used for terror attacks. Examples of this is the fact that Robert McBride and Gordon Webster had used explosives which they had received from Botswana. I refer ... ... were perceived to be IFP members. It was the stated objective of the first applicant to kill IFP members that day in retaliation for the alleged attacks committed against members of his organisation allegedly by the IFP ... group or fraction to prove a point, by launching such attacks. |