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people's war

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a popular national rebellion of both trained soldiers and ordinary civilians during the mid- to late 80s. The strategy, promoted by the ANC, involved integrating armed MK combatants with mass organisations inside South African townships, and rendering the townships ungovernable through attacks on the security forces and other representatives of the state.

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In the result all the applicants are GRANTED amnesty in respect of any offences and/or delicts flowing from and directly connected with the explosion of a car bomb in a Hi-Ace motor vehicle in Gaberone, Botswana during April 1987 in which explosion people were killed and injured and property was ...
GEN. DU TOIT: This would come down to the creating of a climate of resistance from amongst our own people, that is the community in that vicinity. I received feedback from them, from Van Huyssteen to the effect that they successfully executed the order and specifically by one of his personnel ...
Elizabeth, but up until now, I didn't see the child. I told these people that I wanted to see my son's child, but they didn't bring the child to me.
The Applicant states that all the operations took place in 1990 and there would be a very short space of time between one attack and the next. Initially he reported to Junior in Botswana but later to Happy Letlapa Mpahlela who, with the unbanning of the liberation organisations, was able to ...
The main focus of the Truth Commission up until now has been the overt killing, torture and severe ill-treatment of people either to uphold or breakdown the system of apartheid. We pay tribute to all children suffering in this regard. However, the violation of children's human rights extends ...
That's right, thank you. I had some reservations about coming forward but I feel now that it's imperative for people to come forward, to get to the truth of what has happened in South Africa. The role of teachers in the time of the unrest, was very important. But before I go onto that, I would like ...
REV XUNDU: What did the people at the Alexandra Funeral Undertakers say? Who gave them authority to take the body?
... when a Springbok Patrol vehicle passed that place and they could not continue with the robbery. My question to you Mr de Kock is whether you are aware that the first attempt to rob Coin Security took place approximately a day or two before the Carousel ...
MS CRICHTON: And when these people came, you spoke to
If we have gone on with some evidence we will interpose the Cry Freedom applications to dispose of them. The reason for this is that it appears possible, if not probably, that the hearing will not be completed by Friday and it seems ridiculous that people who are only involved in the Cry Freedom ...
We as the Commission, we will try to help people with regard to this matter. Your request is that if your husband died, you want his remains to be brought back to you so that they can be reburied and I think we will look at this matter.
A combi arrived and they started shooting at the people who were inside the combi. As they still did not know what was happening the other gang who had arrested them or forced them into the hostel went to the combi and that's when they started scattering and running in different directions trying ...
Well I can’t really say, because I was working, but there were quite a few people around the ambulance, a lot of policeman.
One policeman by the name of Matambo, Philip's friend and he said that his father said that Philip has been shot and Mr Matambo saw him fall down and when he went there to check he found out it was Philip. This boy asked us not to say that we heard this news from him because it was secret ...
Both, or all these three incidents, it does appear that the applicant was in the company of a superior or of other people he regarded as his own comrades, and in execution of a mission which was tabled or which was agreed upon between the members or was the instructions, the direct instructions of ...
The penultimate operation of the hit squad was the murder of Sipho Zulu which took place on 3 December 1992 at Claridge. During May 1992 the 1st Applicant was attacked by a group of people who tried to rob him of a shotgun. Included in the group of attackers was Sipho Zulu and his ...
Although we do not find that the applicant, on the day of the incident, acted in self-defence or as an active supporter of the ANC of long standing, we are satisfied that in the circumstances that prevailed on that day he acted in support of the sentiments of the people who opposed the Mangope ...
CHAIRPERSON: You were connected were you not, with other incidents where explosive devices were sent to people?
MR MOTHIBI: On the 16th of December 1985, it was a Sunday. It was at night when we were still asleep and I heard people knocking. They knocked at all doors. Before I could even answer the doors were kicked and I realised it was the police.
... as far as we could establish. In all the local newspapers there was advertisements placed last year as well as this year. Only one person came forward which is Ms Collette Dawson. Ms Dawson was available yesterday, she's actually present here today, she's one of the victims in this matter and ...
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