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April 1994 electionsExplanation ... stage of finalisation. It was this document that put negotiations back on track and that eventually led to the free and democratic elections of April 1994 and the peaceful reincorporation of the Ciskei. On the other hand a dictator was determined to fiercely protect his fifedom until the ... MS SEALEY: That violence was right up until just prior to the first democratic elections. In fact if I'm not mistaken three or four days before the elections the East Rand was aboil again, so that lasted right up until I would say April, perhaps the first two weeks of April 1994. I have since been told that Mqweso had been shot dead a week or so before the April 1994 elections by an unknown gunman. I understand that his death was the result of a political assassination. MR TIPP: So you were happy then with the idea that the people of South Africa would have to pass the spears of the Amabutho, of the IFP before they could succeed in holding the Elections on 27th April 1994? ... the background and circumstances of the conflict in the Kathorus area during the period 1990 until a few weeks prior to the general elections on 27 April 1994. Ms Sealy was a senior researcher employed by the Independent Board of Inquiry which was established by a number of high-profile ... ... by supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party and other organisations who were not in favour of the general elections which were to take place on 27 April 1994. He was particularly concerned as supporters of the IFP were threatening to retaliate after the Shell House ... ... They were protesting against the then government's decision that prisoners would not be allowed to vote in the first democratic elections on 27 April 1994. They burnt prison property, viz blankets, mats and other items of bedding which belonged to the Correctional Services Department ... MR PRINSLOO: No in 1993 in November that preceded the elections which took place in April 1994, is that correct? The application arises out of the events of the 28 April 1994 when the first democratic non-racial elections were held in the Republic of South Africa. CHAIRPERSON: Was it before the April 1994 elections? ... He accordingly turned them away. He adds that at that time he, as a member of the PAC, was already preparing for the general elections of April 1994. The PAC was going to take part in the forthcoming elections. He further testified that before the armed struggle was suspended by ... ... in respect of attempted murder, and the unlawful possession of an AK47 firearm and ammunition. About a week or two before the general elections in April 1994, the applicant was found in the unlawful possession of an AK47 firearm and ammunition at his home. He was part of the SDU in the area and ... MR WILLS: And I take it that you continued with your military training at this place and returned to South Africa after the democratic elections in April 1994? With the democratic elections in April 1994, only the political system was destroyed, the cause remains unaffected. The racial fires were lit by psychiatry a long time ago, psychiatry’s relationship with racism and eugenics continues even today. ADV MOTATA: Mr Mkhize did you vote during the last elections in April 1994? Did you vote for any political party? This is another application by De Kock and some of his former colleagues who were based at Vlakplaas in the years prior to the historic elections in April 1994. The applications primarily relate to the supply of arms and ammunition to the late Col Craig Duli in East London in or about 1991. Duli ... ... some of the members of the opposition party." At page 5 of the papers, paragraph 11, he says: "the motive was that my organisation win the April 1994 elections by killing prominent members of the ANC in my area." ... MR SAMUEL: How long before the April 1994 elections would you say the violence in this area started? "The motive was that my organisation win the April 1994 elections by killing prominent members of the ANC in my area." MR BAM: My brother disappeared on the 13th of April 1981, we did not know his whereabouts. After a while we heard that he left the country with his other friends. In 1982, ‘83 and in 1984 I heard from one guy that there were cadres who came to this country saying that my brother died in exile. ... |