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April 1994 electionsExplanation 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. This incident happened on or about 20 April 1994 shortly before the first democratic elections in the country. revealed that Siphiwe Mthimkulu was tortured and poisoned by the Eastern Cape security police and that he was seen in the company of policemen on 14 April 1982, the day he disappeared. All the newspapers ignored the story. They first reported on it when this information came out in the Truth ... ... 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 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? 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. ... 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 ... CHAIRPERSON: Was it before the April 1994 elections? ... 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? 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. ... took place in July 1990, after which train violence quickly became part and parcel of the violence on the Reef. It basically vanished after the April 1994 elections. Incidents usually happened during peak hours, early in the morning and evening, when the carriages were bulging with ... MR MOELE: The situation changed in July, if you can focus on this matter, on 27th of April, the date was set as such for the 1994 elections at Kempton Park and violence erupted in Katorus, to a point where we were forced to get machine firearms. 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 ... ADV MOTATA: Mr Mkhize did you vote during the last elections in April 1994? Did you vote for any political party? ... 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? |
