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unbanningExplanation It should be realised also that in the Nineties, the PAC itself had another development as a result of the unbanning. We had parallel structures also in the organisation. We should take note that there was this internal structure which initially became PERM, and it is this internal structure that ... MS MAYA: Since you knew that your brother was in the ANC did you attempt at all, after the unbanning of the organisation, to try and establish where your brother was and what happened to him? ... it was a feeling amongst the youth that for us to be counted as the freedom fighters, because at that time it was during the time of the unbanning of political parties, during that time I cannot say we were members as here in the rural area there was not that political awareness that ... In the period of 1990 and following the unbanning of the ANC, a spiral of violence in fact flared throughout the Reef townships, Cosatu on numerous occasions warned the police of intended attacks on its offices and personnel, no action was taken until to this day, we are still to see a successful ... According to the applicant he was the chief Marshall of the area at that stage. Previously he was a member of the UDF but joined the ANC after its unbanning. They formed a self-protection unit and he acted as leader. According to his evidence they had to discipline criminals in the area because ... MS VAN DER WALT: What was the AWB's attitude regarding the unbanning of the ANC/SACP? ... or were not sure who gave the instruction, if at all there were instructions given. Like I said Sir I did ask after that meeting again, after the unbanning of the ANC at some stage I asked again, I asked of Mr Mbeki and he said "we still don't know". I can't recall the date but that was after ... much to be active in the struggle for liberation. It would be very difficult to say whether this Ama-Afrika is still in existence because after the unbanning of the organisation we saw a lot of people who used to be members of the Ama-Afrika now working together with the PAC people. Now it is of ... ... admission agreed that you were operating on behalf of the previous government which was the Nationalist Party and that this operation, after the unbanning of these organisations, is set in motion by yourselves working for the Nationalist Party in order to make it difficult, even impossible. ... ... the special responsibility for the then (indistinct) area, specifically the East Rand, that was my responsibility. Later on, after 1990 with the unbanning of the ANC, I was subsequently, because of the accord that was signed with the then government, I was subsequently removed from Botswana, ... MR BHEQESI: On the release of comrade Nelson Mandela in 1990 and the unbanning of all political organisations we here in Gobozane, we also saw ourselves involved highly in the struggle. This started by showing unity here in Gobozane. We were all members of the ANC National Congress. EAST LONDON ... The applicant was an active member of the ANC in Umgababa. For some time before the unbanning of the ANC he had been a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF). The deceased was also a member of the ANC. There was evidence of ongoing armed clashes between the ANC and the IFP in Umgababa area ... MR WAGENER: Your tasks and you, this is now the old Vlakplaas members, that is now in March 1991, what did this entail? This is now a year after the unbanning of the ANC. ... power in Ciskei my government introduced reforms, including a new constitution and Bill of Rights, the abolition of the death penalty and the unbanning of political organisations. I brought to your attention that Ciskei functioned as any other country did with inter alia a government, ... CHAIRPERSON: Your son was detained in January 1990. This was just before the unbanning of political organisations, and he was kept in detention until the first of June 1990. On what day was it said that he died? Do you have any idea for what the reason was for this detention, was there anything ... ... however, changed radically during 1990. This followed the changes which were taking place in the political arena at the time, particularly the unbanning of the ANC and other liberation movements and the process of negotiations involving the principal political players in the country. At the ... ... Walter Sisulu and others. We were caught completely unawares. And when this happened, the ANC had been effectively unbanned, because although the unbanning only took place in 1990, upon those releases the ANC had effectively been unbanned and the pressure became tremendous for us to obtain ... to be community structures. The role of MK generally was where they were found and many of the MK cadres, when they came into the country after the unbanning of the ANC, went to their communities and often communities would say to them: "What kind of soldiers are you, you know, if you can't ... to coincide with the covert return from exile of Mac Maharaj and a member of MK Command, Siphiwe Nyanda and was still operative at the time of the unbanning of the ANC in 1990. Another high profile ANC leader, Ronnie Kasrils (who had also applied for amnesty for the operation) was also part ... MR McADAM: Would you agree that in the propaganda that was spread by the ANC from 1985 until the unbanning of the organisation there were various accusations that the South African goverment was busy using the South American elimination tactics. |
