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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 861 to 880 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 40 •41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 Next Page•Last PageMS CAMBANIS: These are separate incidents that he's testified, the two bomb attacks is not part of Operation Butterfly. MR VISSER: Well, there is clearly a difference in the situation, and frankly, if they knew that the information that they were given, was definitely going to lead to attacks, well, then obviously they would be socius criminis, but that's got nothing to do with the application before you today. MR DU PLESSIS: Well Mr Chairman my exhibit is marked wrongly. So I was enquiring exactly which is the right exhibit. I would request Mr Bizos to leave personal attacks out of this. solve the one problem but it has just occurred to us that your remarks raise other issues as well because there are many, many cases of bombings and attacks on property, where no doubt there will be allegations made that those people at least believed that their actions were accepted by ... ... And furthermore, you said when violence started you were not affected and when these people were from wherever they were, be it for purposes of attacks or whatever, you started getting affected, which people are you talking about here, is it part of the community that you referred to or from ... MR TEKANE: The instructions were that we must form units that would protect the units from the attacks of unknown third forces. Now we were supposed to select people who had been to school, who were not involved in criminal activities, people who we trusted that they would be in a position to use ... ... a large-scale in Swaziland. To my opinion there was a large-scale offence which was being planned, which would include acts of terrorism and bomb attacks within the RSA, and I believed that it was vital for us to apprehend these persons in order to obtain information so that we could determine ... While in exile we lived in constant fear of attacks in Maputo, even in East Berlin where we were quite secure, there were a number of threats on our lives. I think I have said enough, I would like my brothers and sisters to make their contribution. 1B against attacks from those who were in conflict with Inkatha. Is that correct? --- Yes. CHAIRPERSON: That it would seem that different units were launching attacks on the same day on the same sort of targets, the instructions would have come from above? MR ROUX: Did you realise at this particular stage after the attacks and after you became aware, that it had been Hechter and Pretorius and the other members of the task force, so to speak, that you were guilty of defeating the ends of justice in that you had not reported it? ... Not just ordinary people, only those who were assisting the government to harass our people in the townships. We were actually focusing on the attacks. We first looked at whether such a person took part in assisting the ... MR MATTHEWS: During weekends they provided training on a farm. They taught us how to shoot with the home-made shot guns. These were things that I had already learnt in the Defence Force. But Mr Meiring once again showed us these things as well as how to launch attacks. ... four I woke up screaming and feeling very scared, as if I was reliving the day on which my husband died and I suffer from insomnia and I get panic attacks and get very ... MR LAMEY: You mentioned that you had seen the trauma caused by terrorist attacks against members of the public. Thank you, Mr Chairman. It was a bit too far from the microphone. MR MDLULI: No one had given us the authority to go fetch those firearms but we were forced by the situation that prevailed, that is we felt we had to render assistance to ANC structures who were unarmed, defenceless and were suffering attacks from armed people such as Inkatha and KwaZulu Police. MR ROSLEE: I cannot remember specifics except that at that stage we were doing, busy with lots of investigations with regards to terrorist activities, terrorist attacks that had taken place, and that he had come to our attention during those investigations. ... of the commission of the crime referred to herein, members of the CDF were being attacked and killed by members and supporters of the ANC. These attacks were being carried out in retaliation for the Bisho massacre which occurred on the 7 September 1992. In the course of the ensuing conflict ... ... who were expected to participate in the elections on the voting day stayed away. The elections were a complete failure. In addition to the attacks their unit had distributed pamphlets in the township and urged people not to ... ... that the decision to bomb the hall in the ELC was prompted by information received from intelligence that the KTY were involved in terrorist attacks, that they planned to kill election candidates and that they planned to start a fire in Khayalitsha is not only unsubstantiated but is also ... |