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Esikhawini attacksExplanation 7.38 The attempted murder of an unknown number of people and the malicious damage caused to property at Esikhawini, during 1992 when pipe bomb attacks were made on houses occupied by supporters of the ANC; MR MKHIZE: In politics you don't just kill people sir, you kill them on one hand, for instance there will be other strategies that you use as here in eSikhawini we would name roads with such names such as Bambata. Those would be strategies that would be used in certain areas. We would attack and ... ... to exclude from your mind, Romeo's specific position within the hit squad at the moment, and you in your experience as a Policeman emanating from eSikhawini Police station, what would you opinion be as regards the impartiality of the investigations of the KwaZulu Police into attacks on UDF ... ... I refer to Nkanalipho Mtenjwa, Lucky Mbuyazi and Syabonga Mbuyazi. Now you've indicated in para 96 that they conducted certain attacks as well in Esikhawini against ANC members in your absence, and that you had nothing to do with these attacks. And you've indicated in your affidavit that they ... ... this area in the eighties, the North Coast region was very different to what it is today. With a few exceptions, namely Mandini and to some extent Esikhawini where there was trade union activity, there was very little political polarisation. There was peace. People who were perhaps inclined to ... ... them, they don't know anything about it. And that is the misrepresentation he's making, and he carries it right through until 1990-1991, with the Esikhawini ... MR WILLS: Now we've also heard evidence about a similar type of activity, and I think you've also heard this in our hearings at Richards Bay in relation to eSikhawini, where random attacks were embarked upon in UDF areas in eSikhawini, do you recall that evidence? During attempted to transfer Mzimela out of Esikaweni. According to During, senior KZP detectives at the scene of an attack in Esikhawini in December 1992 in which six people were shot dead, suspected the involvement of members of the KZP in the attack, but were reluctant to talk, stating openly ... |
