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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 941 to 960 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 Next Page•Last PageMR DE KOCK: Commandant Meerholtz was at a stage the Commanding Officer of the Fifth Reconnaissance Commando and among others operated in Mozambique with Renamo. After that he went to the CCB and also led attacks in neighbouring states. ... about the resistance of the AWB to the new political dispensation, and the fact that so many AWB members have been convicted of bomb blasts and attacks, terrorism to do away with the change in the ... MR BELLINGAN: If I recall correctly, it was Col de Kock or Col Baker's idea that we should orchestrate it to appear to be an ANC attack because other policemen had been killed in such attacks. MR SBISI: It is because at that time towards the end of 1992, the IFP was strong, it wasn't easy for us to attack the IFP and also there were areas where we couldn't go. We launched attacks afterwards and they moved away and we took over that place or that area. ... the ANC leadership was to disarm members of the police. The task was left to the unit to identify appropriate targets. It was foreseen that these attacks would be resisted by members of the police and that the SDU members should themselves be armed in order to be effective. ... ... we are satisfied that the entire incident constitutes an act associated with a political objective as envisaged in the Act. It is clear that the attacks in question occurred in the course of a political uprising. The action of the crowd in confronting Yuza baloyi and destroying his witchcraft ... ... in particular the Youth League (ANCYL). He patrolled the area with colleagues in order to protect themselves and the community in general from the attacks by members of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) with which the ANC was in conflict. His immediate commander was Mr Nkosi at whose home the groups ... FAWU which was affiliated to the ANC. There was conflict between the IFP and the ANC at Ratanda which led to both organisations allegedly launching attacks against each other. On the 20th September 1992, Mgababa Myeki an IFP member was killed allegedly by ANC supporters who worked at Escort ... ... their opposition. The government also brought members of the Internal Stability Unit to patrol the location. This resulted in an escalation of attacks on members of the SDU's. The SDU's therefore decided to obtain weapons in order to effectively carry out their duty of protecting the ... ... Applicant has testified that he did not attack and kill Malinga out of malice, nor personal gain. His evidence that by 1993 there were still attacks by Black Cats in his immediate residential area has not been gainsaid. It is the view of the Committee that his evidence should be accepted. ... ... he held these on behalf of the SDU. It is well known that SUDs were established to help defend the residents of Thokoza from political attacks. The confrontation at the time was between members of the African National Congress ("ANC") and members of the Inkatha Freedom Party ... ... to five. They came back after a while. They said, "Ma Nkosezwe, Nkosezwe's mum." They said, "You go to the bus stop. I hear there is some attacks." They left again. They passed my shack and they went to the third shack from my shack. There were all sorts of assegais in that house. I ... CHAIRPERSON: Has anybody proved suicide? We all know that people have heart attacks and die, particularly when subject to stress, don't we? MR MASERUMULE: Yes, that's right and the other one went into the camp and then the actual attacks started. It was in the early hours of the morning around - between 1 and 2. leaders of people's committees and democratic organisations. A system of patrolling the streets and warning signals, units to harass enemy patrols, attacks on enemy encampments, alienation of agents ... MR NIEUWOUDT: It lead to total unrest, the burning of all third tier government buildings, council members were burnt by means of the necklace method, attacks on policemen and several policemen were also killed by means of the necklace method. And all government institutions were totally destroyed. In April 1988 there were at least five documented cases of political attacks on police including the attack on Gregory Edmund Beck and three other policemen. ... his matric. He testified about being involved in the burning of the clinic. His co-applicant, Mr Motsamai, applied for amnesty in regard to attacks on the house as well as the ... Shiceka went further, sadly, to say that there had in the past been attacks on white people; he mentioned this to refute the suggestion that the applicant acted on their own and that they were prompted by a feeling of racism. Questioned about his own motive the Applicant replied that he wanted to stop attacks and the murder of farmers and aged people. He believed that the murders were committed by political activists and that were motivated by what was said by political leaders and slogans that they sang and that it ... |