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WitdoekeExplanation "After having assisted the squatters to fight the Witdoeke, we phoned our Vlakplaas squad and were told to remain there for some time. ... I myself on numerous occasions saw the police among them, many of those police who were involved in the cleanse of the Guguletu 7 - leading the witdoeke into battle. There was evidence of them supplying weapons to the witdoeke and it seems at the time that the police collectedly and ... MR MADUNA: The conflict that I can tell you about were the conflicts that were taking place during the times of Witdoeke when those groups of people were fighting the comrades. The conflict whereby the PAC members were being attacked. The conflict between the ANC and Mr Nongwe, I know nothing ... ... what I would call the privatisation of terror had instigated, you know, significant violence against the UDF forces in the Western Cape - the "Witdoeke", you may recall them from newspaper ... MS GOBODO-MADIKIZELA: And Jerry? I am trying to find out which side Jerry was. Which side was Jerry? Was it Yamile's group or was he on the side of the Witdoeke? Gumane's side, Gumane who was the overall leader of the other side and Yamile on the other side, which side was Jerry? ... I have got a leadership of Zulus. Bear in mind that in this inquest that the Zulus that I said I hate I have been specific. I said there was a Witdoeke in Cape Town. We had the IFP who abandoned the (...indistinct) on top of their head. Killing innocent people, killing innocent children. I ... ... and appear to have, in many ways, had support of police elements and defence force elements, would those be classic examples for example? The Witdoeke is another ... We were put into difficult ethical situations when we were confronted by vigilante groups who became known as Witdoeke. Sometimes they didn't want particular staff members to work in the Clinic, the didn't want us to treat particular patients and so on. ... the townships there where again balaclava masked people from nearby townships descended on the community with clubs and guns. They were called the witdoeke and the reddoeke at that stage and they literally attacked people in the streets and the houses. Now I bring this to the attention of the ... MR MBANE: Yes, there were Comrades and Witdoeke. There MR LAX: Precisely. There was a vigilante organisation which was operating in some of the Eastern Cape towns, in the same way that the Witdoeke were operating in the Cape and it was called amaAfrica in die Eastern Cape. ... another one would surface in Welkom and always it would be in the context of fomenting black-on-black violence. The role of Koevoet. The Witdoeke in the Western Cape. The Crossroads conflict. Now all of them there is one common thread portrayed as black-on-black violence, reality - ... |
