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VILJOEN, PAAge Description ‘The government has ordered an investigation into a claim by Zimbabwe that three South African soldiers have been killed inside Zimbabwean territory.’ // ‘The three soldiers killed and the bodies that were displaced in Harare were all members of the ex-Rhodesian forces who fled or came to ... May deadline, including that of top ANC members Joe Modise, Ronnie Kasrils, Joe Ndlandla, Mac Maharaj and Thabo Mbeki, the former SADF head Constand Viljoen and former CCB members Joe Verster and Staal Burger. ... ... Tienie Groenewald of the Freedom Front yesterday brought in 13 amnesty applications from his party including that of former SADF head, Gen Constand Viljoen. Former National Party heavyweight Piet Koornhof submitted a surprise application as the two members of the Civil Cooperation Bureau, Joe ... It remains however a sad fact that we have to admit that the historic struggle of the Afrikaner for freedom and self realization did not bring about the sensitivity that was needed in order to understand the same motivations and concerns when they came from black people. This week, the mother of Robert Beech told the Truth Commission in Benoni that this was just one of many Defence Force lies. Robert was awarded a Pro Patria Medal and an accompanying letter stated that he would not have received it had the mission been unauthorized. In its submission to the Truth ... You have to be able to morally justify the means that you use for this attack. Can I put it simply? You don’t bomb the whole of Maputo for housing a small ANC base in Maputo; you try to pick out the base itself. Secondly, again proportionality, the force you use must be proportional to what you ... ... the sensitivity that was needed in order to understand the same motivations and concerns when they came from black people. Perhaps the worst of our past was that we never knew each ... Centuries ago, from war torn Europe and bitter religious strife they came from various cultures, languages and persuasions to the southern tip of Africa, not to colonise or to exchange merchandise in the first or the final place but to become what is known as free burghers. Here we found the war overnight or within a couple of months completely transformed. The protection was our responsibilities. We could not send our troops in uniform into the townships because if you send a man in uniform there they are immediately seen. So we had to find some other ways of ... The apparent involvement, in fact I should say definite involvement, of international communism within the South African crucible was a major inhibiting factor which determined Afrikaners’ reactions to this conflict. This brought a religious dimension to the perception of the Afrikaner that he ... It adds to my delight today to say thank you very much Mr. President. This has now opened the way for not only myself but some of my followers, those that want to, to participate and be part of the amnesty provisions of the constitution, which does solve a lot of problems. If we should for example unearth, make a statement in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; that gets known right through the world, then some of the neighbouring countries can say but this is a contravention of our own laws and we now ask for extradition. ... so this led to the same kind of operations here against the military bases of the liberation movements within the neighbouring countries. So, that part of the war is how that developed and it was therefore an absolute necessity for the defence of South Africa to embark on these kinds of ... ... I submit, failed heavily on this issue of the methods used in war. The whole concept of the revolutionary war is not acceptable and has not been passed by international community as an acceptable form of war making. Secondly terrorism is completely rejectable. Terrorism is a crime against ... Good evening. Worldwide anger continues to grow in the wake of the commando raid on alleged ANC bases in the Botswana capital of Gaborone. Foreign minister, Minister Pik Botha said in September last year that the Botswana government had not been able to reach acceptable understanding with the South ... ... our new South Africa’ // The crisis reached a critical point on March 10, Mangope asked the retired head of the Defence Force, Gen Constand Viljoen, to help and hundreds of farmers and commando members rushed to Mmabatho. But in Ventersdorp the leader of the ‘Afrikaner ... Good evening. Units of the South African Defence Force carried our raids on ANC targets in Gaborone, Botswana today. // Gen Viljoen told the news conference that the death toll included three trained women terrorists while two unidentified persons who fired on the South Africans from a vehicle ... ... the contexts of their war against the liberation movements. In August former state president FW de Klerk and Freedom Front leader Constand Viljoen spent much time during their submissions to the Truth Commission explaining their war psychosis caused by the dangers of communist and black ... ... breathing. So I knelt down to see whether I couldn’t help. And I thought hell, let me go and call the doctor, but when I turned around Doctor Viljoen was standing in the door. And I said, Doc, but this person is still alive, and breathing. And he said ‘Ag hy gaan maar doodgaan.’ [Ag ... that they have gone and made a submission to the public protector. Now our law advisors have only just received that in the last day or two from Gen Viljoen who visited us here at the TRC. We’re studying that, I’m quite sure the public protector will contact us once he and his staff have gone ... |
