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CasspirExplanation their matters, their organisation's matters. They had beenarrested. Now we don't know who called the Casspir from Harrismith. They justcame and shot, but there wasn't any altercation. There was absolutely nothingthat - the policeman said they were stoning his house, but that's unbelievablebecause ... ... I should join them, I should help them, support them while they were singing. Yes, I joined them and I started singing along with them. A police Casspir approached from the west. That was a Hippo. It was approaching from a direction just not far from where we were, and a second Hippo ... In the case of Mr de Klerk, it was Rex vs the Truth. Mr de Klerk had to seek refuge in a Casspir. He didn’t - another matter that needs to be solved are those Boers in the, on death row. Mr de Klerk was at Ventersdorp during the darkest crisis in our nation’s history, when all of us doubted ... ... at that stage. I went to see them and we made use of their facilities because early morning, before the light of day, we would drive with the Casspir to the bush which was next to the road where we disembarked and went into the bush, where we would be picked up again in the ... ... the Police will say whatever they want to say at any stage. We all know that for instance in the Boipatong massacre, Police accounted for all the casspirs in South Africa, but one Policeman came and said he was in Boipatong with a casspir. I believe that the information contained in that fax, ... On the 16th of June they arrested me in terms of the State of Emergency, they hit me with the [indistinct] of the gun in order to me into the Casspir. I was sentenced to nine months imprisonment. ... I realised that I took my knife and Thozamele also had his knife. I stabbed him and he turned and he ran away and I also ran away. I saw a police casspir outside. I was lying in the graveyard because the people were pursuing me. When the police van left I went home and when I arrived home I ... MR DE KOCK: Yes, Chairperson, it could be used for a tank or a Casspir, or to fire at police buildings or fuel storage points. I just wish to make an amendment, next to the RPG7 launcher, I stated that this was three times primary charge, it's actually secondary charge. ... killed this young boy. I phoned the Paballelo police station twice to inform them that I had shot somebody. The following policemen arrived in a casspir - Inspector Swanepoel, Fanie Burger and Tarrie Smith [Tarrie, Tarrie, that's correct] and Captain Botha. Inspector Swanepoel congratulated ... MR VISSER: And you have also confirmed as it was put to you, that there was a warning system, a whistle system. As soon as a policeman or a casspir or a buffel had entered into a black area, whistles were blown and the whole area would know. ... in that plot where you couldn't run away? --- No, I was on my way to the shop and lots of people were singing and toi-toiing in the street and the casspir was following them. Then they said the people had to disperse. They did not disperse and they started shooting teargas. I ran away last of ... MR McBRIDE: Thank you Mr Chairperson. Yes, I told them that they should attack enemy personnel, there was a casspir also they were told to attack. For both the handgrenade attacks, army, police, collaborators, that is as far as I can remember. I can just add also, I had given them instructions ... ... policemen. They attacked police stations. Policemen could for example not move into a residential area without being in an armed vehicle, like a Casspir. So it did play a significant ... ... us, as he says he was able to give the Supreme Court in a matter that came before those courts related to these events, detailed accounts of the casspir numbers, what they did, including firing at Comrades whilst the Witdoeke were being given an opportunity thereby to attack the comrades, are ... ... unit was involved on that morning and identifies one particular policeman, that he recognises. That he actually went after that unit, stopped the Casspir and nothing was ... ... to do so one of the police called Vusi Maduna and asked him to tell them that they should disperse. Vusi climbed up the police vehicle, a Casspir, and said "Comrades, these boers say you must disperse now". Mnyandu says he and other comrades were very shocked by this behaviour of ... ... corrugated iron to the site where we were about to build. I was not aware that Hippos were approaching us, four in number, and four bakkies and one Casspir. This girl dropped the corrugated iron and she fled. I decided to stand ... CHAIRPERSON: When you went to this house that night, you said there were about ten of you. Did you go in a number of vehicle, a Casspir? MR LOOTS: Chairperson, the terrain from Zeerust to the place where we had to cross the border, is very bushy, thorn trees, lots of thorn trees and it is not a general open road to the border. We also had to use a casspir vehicle which moved relatively slowly and this also was quite time consuming. You said a Casspir arrived. Were there any people arrestedamongst the group? Were there any arrests made on that particular day? --- No,they never arrested anyone. They didn't even make a follow-up, none whatsoever. |