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people's warExplanation Showing 241 to 260 of 1000 First Page•Previous Page 9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 Next Page•Last Page... searching a lot of people there and I bought a newspaper, I remember. And then I was carrying this newspaper with my bag here, then when moving towards them I just read the newspaper and I passed them, they never called me and searched ... South Africa’s political parties made submissions to the Truth Commission in August last year. Most parties promised to give further information at a later stage and promised to respond to any questions coming from the Truth Commission. Last Sunday, the leader of the National Party, FW de Klerk ... I believe a person who killed so cold-bloodedly, I believe something must be done about him because it’s innocent people, innocent people in the street. He didn’t care who they were. Commissioner Johan van der Merwe also told the Truth Commission that the 1988 order to bomb Khotso House in Johannesburg originated in the state president’s office. // In 1988 the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches in Johannesburg was bombed. 18 people were injured and the ... In the wake of this massacre black Uitenhage was a bomb waiting to explode. The community had barely buried its dead when in 1986 it experienced the forced removal of 48 000 people from Langa to KwaNobuhle. The nationwide state of emergency saw mass detentions of the UDF leadership. Consumer and ... William Makulani is the only other member of the 26 who still lives in Victoria West. He was also the one most severely tortured by the police and it is for this that he went to the Truth Commission. // Because they beat me up so badly for something I did not do. // But was there any truth in the ... Brigadier Gqozo and the Ciskei authorities did everything they could to stop the march. In the early hours of September 7th a magistrate gave permission for the march to proceed as far as Bisho stadium, where the marchers would be permitted to hold a rally. Razor wire fencing was rolled out across ... Helena and her husband Andre started the school with 20 children. The De Kock’s were average white Afrikaans South Africans with a dream. // In living in this country we had the desire in our innermost hearts and beings to establish something that we can do well for the whole nation not just for ... I think cartooning is powerful in the sense that many people see the stuff every day. It’s very immediate and it does illicit reaction. When I say have I had reaction, sometimes that reaction comes through letters and other things where I don’t actually meet the people. Yes, it has a lot of ... It is quite clear that certain people who took part in the invasion here were working for the South African Government. He was an organizer in the Pebco. He helped the people. I remember one time there is the people who have no place to stay in those shacks far away, like Dan Qeqe. So they take those people to here in Rio hall here and then he’d always cook soup for those people, every day they are going to fetch ... sometimes praying for myself that if God can take my life with the child, maybe it will be better. Because there was no privacy. Even from my labour ward to the wards. When I wanted to go to the toilet, they didn’t want me to go to the toilet, as if maybe I’ll run away. So, they brought a ... I realized that they were going to be killed at the scene of the crime when the people were singing these freedom songs. And you’d find that when you were stopping one side, something would happen on the other side and you couldn’t control the people and people were saying things like ‘our ... There’s another matter Chairperson which you might want to refer to which was I think was described at the time as the Silverton bank siege. This is the only instance in which cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe took hostages. There were three cadres who were going on some operation. They realised that ... During the mid 1980s the farm roads of the northern Transvaal became South Africa’s new killing fields. The killer had no face and chose its victims at random. // ‘Ses mense is dood en vyf ernstig beseer in nog ‘n landmyn ontploffing in Noord Transvaal. Die minister van verdediging general ... But one member of the community did apologise. In an emotional moment during the hearings that mostly simmered with pent-up resentment, Reverend Aubrey Beukes apologized to Jetta Sethwala’s mother. // I would like to say to Mrs. Sethwala, the family of Jetta, please forgive us that we allowed you ... Then the other side, those branded informers, started hitting back. People in the township started referring to them as the A-Team after an American television series. Members of the community say the police assisted the A-Team, but they deny this saying that when they were in trouble the police ... Du Plessis is serving a twelve year prison sentence and Van Wyk life imprisonment. This week they appeared before the Amnesty Committee. Both men believe they have been rehabilitated. Du Plessis had converted to Christianity and started a regular church service in jail. // Not only the three people ... It’s unfortunate when you look into the attendance here, that the majority of the white people, and our brothers and sisters, are not here as South Africans. What would close the chapter of our own country, of our own past, and they are part of that history. // We are not out to blame and white ... The ANC had a well established route from South Africa to Zambia for ferrying people either to safety or to banishment. As Katiza’s legal guardian, Emma Nicholson confronted Zambia’s former president about this allegation and about his own involvement. |
