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"We were youths who were calling themselves comrades although we were not affiliated to any political party. Our main aim was to discipline people who were committing crimes".

A meeting was held by ANC comrades to discuss the problem. The Applicant chaired the meeting and it was resolved that the deceased and his compatriots should be killed because they were making life unbearable for ANC supporters. They were also making it difficult for the Applicant and other ANC ...

REVD FINCA: Mothers and comrades, we thank you for coming to share this with us. This event which I am sure will never be forgotten.

... to prevent the abuse of the young. In so doing we may begin to redefine what it means to be a child in South Africa and open city gates to their comrades who then took the city. This tale from antiquity has some similarities with our experiences. ...

According to the Applicant, the deceased participated in the killing of ANC comrades and he was part of the group that killed the former SDU commander, George Skarmora Machel.  The deceased was accordingly a political opponent of the ANC in the township at the time.

MRS BALOYI: Stanley was not a thief, he was a Comrade and they did arrest him at once and send him to jail. Whilst we were still wondering why he told us that he was bailed out by the Comrades and he had been discharged. He did not tell us anything about his whereabouts.

... train Special Constables who would be trained and sent back into their community to act as a physical force or wedge against the activities of the comrades of the UDF. These Special Constables were attached to the riot units in the National Joint Management System. The police force was ...

Unfortunately, there were Comrades. The others who were in the struggle, the colleagues to Leo, there were others who were from abroad, those who were coming from Johannesburg they were turned back some of them. I can mention that everybody experienced a horrible experience because people were ...

system, and when I infiltrated inside the country, I investigated that and discovered that it is true. It became worse immediately after one of our comrades were killed by the State Security Council Police, with the name of Dobe Makakhula and all the implications led to them being sold out by ...

CHAIRPERSON: So you didn't have any possibility of shooting one of your comrades on the other side of the vehicle for instance?

... the area and his vehicle used to travel back to Swanieville. The weapons and ammunition were handed to the ANCYL and were distributed amongst the comrades for use in defending the community of Swanieville against attacks. The vehicle of the deceased was set alight on the outskirts of ...

MR OOSTHUIZEN: Yes, and there was also a concern about the fact that this person had not yet pointed out anybody, taken out any of his comrades. I think what exacerbated the whole thing was that the information indicated that his cohorts were to become involved in the killing of Policemen.

MR MOHLABA: And during the time of - at the moment of this attack or during that period, you were heading this unit consisting of yourself and the other two comrades, is that correct?

... he states that Col de Kock also had information with regard to police actions and the members who were involved, which Brian may have given to his comrades, which could have led to the death of police officers. In other words, that police officers had already died as a result of such ...

CHAIRPERSON: Mamma, was it normal in the - or usual - in the townships that when they picked you up they would pick old people up with young comrades, and that they would force them to undress or they would be embarrassed in front of younger people?

... in a hood, not a hood but a blanket, a prison blanket over his head and it had eye holes. I immediately recognised who he was. It was one of our comrades, the one who was missing all along, because we didn't know where he was. Subsequently we came to know he was arrested. His name was Ian ...

... day they took me by car to Durban. In Durban one of the ANC workers took me to Chesterville one house. That is where I stayed with some other comrades and Sipho Motaung arrived at that particular place and we were taken. We were ten in number and three men who were ANC members came to take ...

MS MKHIZE: At the time when you buried your son, the people who came to comfort you, were they comrades?

... thanked me. I then stayed at home. At night while I was sleeping his family members came from Cradock. They said that they heard that there were Comrades who were killed. I was not sure whether Makhaya was one of these people, because I was not sure of what I heard. We saw this incident in ...

... he has never been a member of the Security Branch, he was a Detective. He was a complete outsider, he was not one of this trusted inner-circle of comrades-in-arms pertaining to the Security Branch and specifically to Vlakplaas. We have filed affidavits on his behalf previously, and it has been ...