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self-defence units (SDUs)

Explanation
armed self-defence units set up in the early 1990s by the ANC to protect neighbourhoods

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MR ERASMUS: That is not correct, everybody were members of the South African Police Force, few people were part of certain units but all of them were policemen.
... met Carl, and to a military structure which I think was based in Swaziland. The instructions that we had given Carl were purely to form ANC units amongst Afrikaner intellectuals. Those two sets of photographs were not taken under our ...
We withdrew other units from where we had deployed them, to be stationed in that strategic point. That is where we deployed these members, waiting for this apparent attack, because one of these two people had fled, and we feared that he might go and report to his own people and we waited for ...
... back then. This war was the war of the captains, most of those who were applying for amnesty had the rank of captain, they were the commanders of units and they have been thrown to the wolves. They were never given any kind of psychological ...
... and his unit had been planning various operations, including the attack upon the Yeoville Police Station. He was a regional commander with several units under his command. On 26 May 1993 the security forces launched a series of raids and operations against the PAC and APLA. This was during the ...
... presently the North-West Province. The late Chris Hani, Chief-of-Staff, deployed him in the then North-Eastern Transvaal to establish and command units of ...
... for military activities" and in the application he described himself as a member of the ANC Liberation Army who had commanded various units for twenty (20) years.  This application was received before the cut-off date, 30 September 1997, although it was only attested to on the ...
MR JANSEN: And to give a brief summary of that, on a daily basis information was sent through various channels from the various units and the various specialised divisions to a central point at head office, all the time.
MR LAX: My question if I can be more specific is, were there members from any other areas there, in addition to, or units, in addition to Task Force and Vlakplaas, as far as you can recall?
MR VISSER: And that was chiefly about Ndwandwe's activities from Swaziland as manifested in units in the Port Natal area?
record with regards to this, because they say, the African National Congress said quite clearly, tactical intelligence was the responsibility of the units on the ground. Even if they did that reconnaissance badly, it is the way they did it. Unfortunately I, as Commander, may have failed in my ...
The deceased, Mr Nyanda, was according to information obtained from an informer, the commander of the ANC units operating from Swaziland. The applicant testified that he received instructions from Brigadier Schoon and General Steenkamp to go to Swaziland an eliminate Nyanda. They stayed in a ...
MR JOSEPH: And one of the means they employed was that one way or another, they were able to get people to act as informers, to infiltrate units and to give back intelligence to the Security Services, who then used to act on that intelligence, is that correct?
MR VISSER: Yes. And is it your experience also that some of the members of units, were active in more than one unit at any one time?
ADV GCABASHE: They are, just to get this right again, they are the people who formed part of the overall committee that was guiding all the units in Tokoza. The central committee is what they called it, I think.
... in South Africa, his later training in Angola and his connections with the late Chris Hani. After his return to South Africa all underground units of MK assembled to meet with Hani. He, as the Unit Commander, and his unit members, Lincoln, Wiseman and Mabuja (all three since deceased) were ...
"1. All unrest units have been issued with sneeze and smoke machines and should have sufficient teargas and fluids to operate the machine effectively.
MR MNISI: The MK units, for instance if you've been given four or three people and you are the fourth or the fifth one, it will be taken that you are the commander as you go and undertake the operation. It's not taken for granted that you will be the commander for the rest of that time.
... needs protection from them. They are professionals, they haven't disappeared, some of them have gone into other jobs, there are some other dirty units in the police that collect ...
GEN COETZEE: Any person present. I personally, and I don't wish to lengthen this, I heard that there were army units which were also deployed there in the vicinity. At the meeting of CIC, I saw in the minutes that there were members of Military Intelligence present. That is another question to ...
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