Inkatha

7 July 1992 whereafter Mr Makhubele was appointed as commander.  Vosloorus was experiencing a violent political conflict between the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom party ("IFP") at the time.  There were different sections of the township that were dominated by the respective groups.  It was ...

MR HOBOYI: There was some fighting. The Inkatha fighting against the ANC.

... to the African National Congress (ANC) were required to develop a vigilance on the farm because of attacks on the residents by members of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). These attacks were politically motivated. This resulted in regular patrols on the farms to resist these attacks and ...

... political struggles and conflicts that impacted on and influenced events at the workplace. He specifically pointed to the conflict between ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters. Members of both political parties worked at Langeberg Foods, and one of the major issues FAWU grappled with ...

At the time of his death the Deceased was a member of the Inkatha Freedom party (the IFP) and was the secretary of the local branch of that Party in Mpumalanga. The Applicant was a supporter of the African National Congress (the ANC).

9. The killing and/or attempted killing of an unknown number of members of the Inkatha Freedom Party ("IFP") at Zonkizizwe Township during April 1991.

During 1990 he purchased (5) five firearms and distributed them amongst members of the SDU for the purposes of defending themselves and the community against attacks by the opposition party, the Inkatha Freedom Party.

MR NOSENGA: I am saying I don't know about that. It is true that Inkatha was being assisted by the police. I don't know about the ANC, I was not a member of the ANC, therefore I cannot respond to that.

"In a snap survey the man in the street yesterday appealed for peace between the warring political groups in the black community. The appeal comes in the wake of an alarming increase in violence between the UDF and the Azanian People's Organisation and Inkatha"

CHAIRPERSON: I understand that the political parties who are involved, or rather implicated in this matter, that is the Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress are both aware of the hearing today?

... United Democratic Front (the UDF). His political activities became known to colleagues and members of his school committee, who were supporters of Inkatha, and he was summoned to attend a meeting at Ngwelezane. During the course of the meeting a large crown of people, many of whom were armed, ...

... together, and that Mr Wiseman was retrenched because of that said lady and also because the said lady hated black people, especially members of Inkatha Freedom Party. That’s on page 13 of the bundle. And then he goes on, that is Mr Manqele, goes on to say before he could say anything, he ...

The area of Thokoza was no exception and essentially the battles developed between the members of the ANC and its allies on the one hand and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and its allies at the time, on the other hand. the core of the fight was political power of the area which included for ...

It is common cause that there was political conflict between the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). This conflict escalated with time. In December 1991 the 1st Applicant was approached by one Lindani Mthiyane, the chairperson of the Umgababa Youth League. He was also a trained combatant. ...

... at that time that there was also a group of so-called Askari’s who were Zulu speaking. Who people in Guguletu and KTC, Crossroads referred to as INKATHA, who were operating in the area as ...

... comrades was that areas whereby you find hostels, it is more likely that the people are predominantly IFP. And the hostel dwellers were viewed as Inkatha members because everything which we've done in the 1985 towards 1986, what used to happen was that if there were bus boycotts the people who ...

... that is not how it happened. I am an ANC member. I was not instructed to go out and kill anyhow but I was trained to defend people from attacks, Inkatha and ZP attacks. This is what we were experiencing daily. People like Harry Gwala told us that we should train so that we are able to defend ...

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 ...

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.

MR LAX: Mr Wills, it's also quite clear from page 132 that the judge had no doubt the matter was an attack by ANC on Inkatha supporters?