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April 1994 electionsExplanation ADV ARENDSE: Now, the attack took place on the 14th of February 1994, just about two and a half months or so, approximately two months before the first democratic elections in this country which took place I think on the 27th of April 1994. ... the same time as were Transkei, Venda and Ciskei, into a greater South Africa, they didn't get incorporation or re-incorporation after the 24th of ... MR KOTZE: Were any political meeting held between December 1993 up to the elections of April 1994? ... and I tried to talk to these security guys to make sure that they don't do that. I stayed at home in 1994 after I left, because I left in 1994 April. I went back to Pongola again after they burnt my house because I couldn't stay nice in Johannesburg. My heart was back in Pongola. I ... MR HARMSE: That would take place in April 1994 with the elections. Although it was given fact that the first democratic elections would be held in South Africa on 27 April 1994, Brigadier Gqozo was resisting the holding of elections in Ciskei. He had joined forces with other groupings, including the Inkatha Freedom Party, opposed to the coming ... think, let me see, it was around May, June 1994 because it was after the elections and the reason why I had to join IFP, I took that decision around April of that year, between May and June, because the decision I'd made around April, but to join in essence, that happened around May and ... There was also a dispute concerning the issue whether there was a cessation of hostilities between the warring factions for some months prior to the incident. According to Applicant the attacks never ceased until April 1994 elections. MR VISSER: Mr Roodt was a commandant of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, he was one of the leaders, at that stage, prior to the elections in April 1994, of certain cells in the West Rand, Krugersdorp, Roodeport, Western Area sections. MR LANDMAN: Mr Prinsloo surely you realised by the middle of April 1994 that these elections were going to take place no matter what. ... took over the country, that the AWB would take it back by force, etcetera, if you could place yourself back into that period of time, the 27th of April 1994 and you have to indicate to the committee what your views were as to what would happen if the plan which you interpreted Mr Terreblanche ... CHAIRPERSON: Mr De Wet, surely on the 27th of April 1994 it was then not a set or a plan, you had to realise that they were going to take part in the elections? At that stage the elections took place, in April 1994, as we i. The development of internal unrest during this period must be seen against the background of the prevailing political/ military negotiations, the transitional period and the run-up to the general elections on 27 April 1994. ... in March 1960 (followed by the banning of the ANC and other organisations and the State of Emergency) up to the first democratic elections in April 1994, constitute an identifiable historical period. It was during these three decades that apartheid policies were most expansively and ... ascribed to Mr Randall and amongst others I quote: "According to Mr Randall the AWB plans to" - I would just like to say the date, this is the 22nd April 1994, that was now before the court case. He was quoted as follows: "According to Mr Randall the AWB plan to protect people on farms within ... ... the community of people who were supporting PAC, the ANC and other liberation movements. Are you saying that you were not aware that on the 27th April 1994 there were elections in which the PAC participated ... ... Mr Chairman, some remarks regarding random issues that cropped up. We have a situation where I submit the proximity to the general elections in April 1994 is a very strong feature or factor which must militate strongly against the credibility of both applicants when they say or they want you ... It is also patently clear that in spite of the unbanning of the ANC/SACP alliance, that the ANC, the IFP, the Security Forces and the Right were still involved in that undeclared, by some, war up until the time of the April 1994 elections. ADV SIGODI: Mr Van der Berg, I just want you to clarify this for me you know. This incident took place on the 11th of March 1984 and if we look at the history of our country, elections were due the following month, April 1994. |
