self-defence units (SDUs)

entered Moshweshwe, I was in the front. The person who was next to me is Damarra, I'm sure of that. When we approached the corner the self defence units were in front of us. The shooting started and they ran away. We chased after them. As we were chasing after them, there were many people ...

"The attack was a warning to ANC supporters in Boipatong, not to support the Self Defence Units."

... from Vula and also specifically have mentioned the establishment and reorganisation and arming and funding of, one could say the Self Defence Units, the co-ordination thereof. So I had knowledge about it, ...

MR MHLONGO: Right at the beginning of the war between the people of the location or the community and the hostel being attacked by the vigilante groups and the hostel dwellers and the Third Force, that resulted to the community deciding to form the SDU, Self Defence Units to protect themself.

"President Nelson Mandela emphasised that the 1991 National Conference of the ANC, where MK can it must of course make it's expertise available to those communities that are engaged in a process of establishing Self-Defence Units."

... Party to murder people in the townships and we sat down as comrades and we discussed this issue. Comrades together with other members of the units from ...

MR BERGER: Is it your evidence, Mr Mthembu, that before the attack, before you left Kwamadala Hostel, there was a discussion amongst the attackers that the people that you were seeking, that you were going to go to Boipatong to kill, were the members of the Self Defence Units, was that discussed?

... especially on the East Rand, especially in the areas such as Daveyton and Duduza, in that vicinity, we picked up information that the Self Defence Units were being provided with ammunition by the ANC, but it was difficult to infiltrate that specific organisation or group. But the information ...

... It is now admitted, it's always been common knowledge that South Africa had a military presence in that area, some of them, some of those units acted in the interest of the then South West Africa political parties. It has been argued also in some occasions that some units acted in the ...

MR VALLY: Now, was this a formal military unit like other military units were, where people were in uniform, went around saluting each other?

MR HATTINGH: Are you also aware that they established Self Defence Units?

MR ROSSOUW: Was there co-operation between the Security Branch and other units of the South African Police?

This is a continuation of the hearings of the Amnesty Committee in respect of the amnesty applications of members of various Self Defence Units in the former East Rand area. The panel is constituted as placed on record earlier. Adv Steenkamp still appears as the Leader of Evidence, and the first ...

... NDLOVU: Actually, when it comes to that issue, they do give reports but it was not possible or easier to locate our comrades, especially in the sub-units, to give proper reports because we also were operating under difficult conditions which were by that time, it was not conducive enough for our ...

... in this. It was practice in the police force that members were not called by other branches, it had to be done by Commanders liaising between the units. So it came from Brig Stemmet to myself that I had to send Loots to ...

to the police headquarters in Pretoria. I was the commanding officer of the special units, that was the

MR BERGER: Do you know people in any of the other units?

MR DUMAKUDE: I discussed this with Mr Dube because Mr Dube was the Commander of our Units.

MR VISSER: Then just to return to paragraph 18, to highlight this, in paragraph 18 you have summarised the names as they were known to you and these were names of certain MK units or structures in the Soweto area.

MR McPHERSON: Not entirely. There were other units at head office who were also involved with Africa and terrorist organisations and the movements of suspicious persons, and I think for example with the investigations unit of terrorism they had regular interviews with people who were caught and ...