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InkathaExplanation Showing 401 to 420 of 597 First Page•Previous Page 17 •18 •19 •20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 Next Page•Last Page... known as the Self Defence Unit (SDU) in Tokoza during 1990. He says that the general purpose was to defend the community against the opposing Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). It is common cause that there was a conflict between the IFP and the African National Congress. He now applies in ... ... to be members or supporters of the African National Congress ("ANC") which was engaged in a violent political conflict in the area with the Inkatha Freedom Party ("IFP"). Both Applicants were members of the IFP and their residential area was an IFP stronghold. Applicants and other ... ... dismissed continued working at the factory. According to newspaper reports which form part of the papers before us, there are indications that the Inkatha Freedom Party aligned United Workers Union of South Africa also maintained a presence at the Haggie Rand factory. This situation set the ... ... provide protection to ANC members and supporters who were resident in that area and who were subjected to incessant attacks from supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (the IFP) who were assisted by members of the Toaster Gang. The Toaster Gang consisted of persons who had been expelled from ... MR HATTINGH: General, Mr de Kock has testified upon other occasions that home-made shotguns were manufactured by his means at Vlakplaas, and that those shotguns were manufactured on police expenses and that they were provided to Inkatha. Do you know anything about that? ... aand hier van sewe-uur - van sesuur af na sewe-uur toe, die Saterdagaand steek een ANC toe die - ek weet ook nie hoe moet mens nou noem moet jy sê INKATHA of moet jy sê dis ‘n Raadslid gewees nie, toe steek een - een ANC mannetjie toe steek hy - ... MR BLACK: You state here further that your younger brother, James Mbokane was an active member of the ANC in the Secunda/Ermelo area and during 1985 and at Secunda he was killed by members of the Inkatha together with the Black Cats gang members? MR RADEBE: Yes, I would like to add that this conflict started in 1990. Inkatha was attacking us and we decided to come up with our own illegal means of defending ourselves. This followed the circumstances and we therefore had to have our own soldiers to protect and defend the community. That is ... The Applicants were members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) through the Clermont Youth Congress (CYC). They were in political conflict with members and the organisation of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). ... People who were ill-treating Black People. They also realised that Black political organisations like the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were fighting amongst themselves because of the whites. The resolution which they came to at these meetings was that ... The point I am trying to make is that we are investigating this massacre once again. The opportunity is there for people on this particular massacre, people from the police force as well as members of the Inkatha Freedom Party, to come forward and apply for amnesty. and he was asking them to come and help. He was calling the ANC to come and help them thinking that these were police. He was not aware these were Inkatha members. He saw police coming with two Hippos. The ANC office responded that they would call police to come and protect them at the night ... ... going on for a very long time, and even the place that I was staying at, that was not my place of origin, because I was born in the place where the Inkatha people had occupied. The people there were fighting day and night from 1990 up to ... MR LAMEY: It is contained within the bundle. I will just give you an example. For example, the Inkatha involvement, the weapon supply, the Nelspruit incident, the Greytown incident, the Bheki Melangene incident and so forth. Around 1993 there was a gang of criminals operating in Tembisa known as the Toaster Gang. This gang was linked to Inkatha Freedom Party, or the IFP and acted in cahoots with the same IFP in terrorising the community. Among others, this gang used to murder innocent people, rape women and rob ... ... and Julia Maitse-Buthelezi. 5. The background events which led to the massacre may be summarised as follows. The conflict between the Inkatha Freedom party ["IFP"] and hostel dwellers on the one hand, and members of the ANC and township residents on the other hand, had led to the ... ... If that person wasn't ANC I really wouldn't have known then. I didn't go about and ask the person are you ANC or IFP, I knew that the IFP's was Inkatha Freedom Party and the rest of the people I saw as ANC, not individuals as in: "Listen are you ANC or not", I saw them as ... ... Defence Unit (SDU) in what became to be known as the Mandela Informal Settlement. He testified that the nearby hostel housed many members of the Inkatha Freedom Party ("IFP"). It is well known that there was extreme conflict between the members of the two aforementioned parties. This was ... supporters. Political violence was rife in the area and the ANC supporters in M Section were constantly subjected to attacks from supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (the IFP). ... ... I will come and say beforethe Commission. The torture that they did to me I didn't talk about. I thinkthe people who tortured me were from the Inkatha, because they were speakinga different language. Thank you very much. We will try to find out from the hospitalwhat ... |