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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 241 to 260 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 Next Page•Last PageMS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN: And just to get the background of the time in which this took place, just to get that right, you say that you were an IFP supporter. Are you aware of attacks on IFP supporters by other political groups at that point in time? MR BERGER: You say in your amnesty application at page 94, that apparently the attack was decided upon for the 14th of June, because there was information that the ANC was planning a large-scale infiltration on the 16th of June, to launch attacks within South Africa. MR BOTHA: Yes, very briefly. We were briefly referred to the fact that some of the attacks and murders of policemen on the East Rand, were a possible result of that, of the information that we had been provided with at that stage. ... 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 ... CHAIRPERSON: Was it just an informal sort of an effort on the part of the Lusaka-B community to protect themselves against these attacks? The first half of 1961, on instruction from the District Commander of Bizana to help out with several investigations in connection with the unrest and at that stage there was a proclaimed State of Emergency in that area because of attacks on traditional leaders, meaning Captains and Chiefs. 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. ... 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 ... MR LAMEY: And then the specific information came through via Intelligence reports from Ladybrand that over the festive season certain attacks were being planned. group or fraction to prove a point, by launching such attacks. The applicant testified that according to information he received, Selby Mavuso was kidnapped during the attacks by the South African Defence Force ("SADF") at Matola in Mozambique. He was kept prisoner at Voortrekkerhoogte for a while and then handed to the Security Police. He was ... ... 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 ... 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. ... 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 ... KOCK: No, Chairperson, there were incidents at Piet Retief and Amsterdam. In fact there were two incidents at Piet Retief. We launched a myriad of attacks on a cross-border basis. The nature and scope of our operations were all very serious and I attempted to reflect as far as possible the ... ... knocking the hell out of targets in neighbouring states, when the head of our security apparatus believes that these targets are used for terror attacks on South Africa, but if that is our total response to the situation, then we in South Africa are dooming ourselves to a future of increasing ... ... played a central role in the Self Defence Units, in fact the Self Defence Units were a creation of all those communities who were undergoing severe attacks from the forces and powers that be. So in essence the Self Defence Units were as a result of the communities themselves, deciding that they ... MR ZUMA: They were very wild and they were doing mock attack on the security that was deployed in front of Shell House at the time and they would launch mock attacks on the security and they would tear placards for elections that were in front of Shell House. The street committees is the only structure that decided that we need to have something to defend ourselves after numerous attacks had happened in that area. ... to have the successes of the Security Branch placed in the media. A third objective was to counter-act enemy propaganda and to give prominence to attacks against the community in the newspapers. How did we go about this? We firstly recruited journalists who supported our cause and thus created ... |