Inkatha

MR HATTINGH: And while you have just mentioned the provision of weapons to Inkatha, we were also referring to the provision of these guns to them by you, in your capacity as the Commander of Vlakplaas in the SAP?

He armed himself as a result of an instruction, with an unlicensed firearm. he did so to defend his organisation, the ANC and its members against physical attack by the Inkatha Freedom Party members also of the area.

... are you attacking this poor guy because he is just coming to fetch his possessions and they replied and said, we are attacking him because he is an Inkatha member. He said, is that the only reason. The group said, yes, that is the only reason and they spread and they ran off. ...

... 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 ...

MR TIPP: Did you have the view on that day that the concerns of the King and the Amabutho, including yourself, were the same as the concern of the Inkatha Freedom Party?

MR CORNELIUS: There might only be one matter which is the Supply of Weapons to Inkatha, but I understand from the TRC that has not been enrolled, or ...

at all material times. In the majority of cases applicants seek amnesty in respect of several acts of murder and attempted murder of Black Cats and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members between 1990 and 1993. In other cases amnesty is being sought for acts of robbery of arms and money to organise ...

... 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 ...

... took place at a time when there was a violent conflict between supporters of the African National Congress ("the ANC") and those who followed the Inkatha Freedom Party ("the IFP"). The said houses belonged to IFP supporters and were situated in the so-called IFP strongholds. At the hearing no ...

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). ...

At the time in question, political violence was rife in the area and there were regular clashes between supporters of the ANC and supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (the ...

... in the Groutville area near Stanger. He alleges that as a consequence of the ongoing political violence between members of the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the area he had been obliged to obtain the weapons in question for use of the Self Defence Unit under his control. He ...

MR MSIMANGO: Yes, because he was a member of Inkatha and I live in the township and I was a supporter of ANC. So when they come from Kwamadala into the township, their aim is to fight, so we as the residents in the township, we fight together against those people from Kwamadala. So Johannes was ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... victimised, and they left the place and then at the end of the day, they ended up saying in Vusimusi hostel where they were organised later on by Inkatha and so on. That was the only people who were problems, that area is just opposite the hostel. The area, the other area is adjacent to it, ...

... so the idea was then for me to trace who that could have been. Such investigations focused on the security establishments, especially after the Inkatha great scandal broke in July 1991. Then in order to appease Mr Nelson Mandela, the government appointed the Khan Commission and secrecy was ...

... 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 ...

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. ...

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?