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people's war

Explanation
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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Having carefully considered the matter, we are satisfied that the attack perpetrated by the Applicant was primarily aimed at a political enemy of the ANC and MK at the time, namely the South African Defence Force and by the same token the South African apartheid state. The injuries caused to ...
... the community believed that one Nomboniso Cakwe was informing on the organisations. A group of members including the Applicant approached her to warn her to desist from doing so. It was also decided shortly thereafter that if she did not adhere thereto, she would be dealt with "once and for ...
In incident 16 five people were killed and nine injured in the explosion at the Sanlam Shopping Centre in Amanzimtoti.  Once again, none of the Applicants has applied for amnesty in respect of this incident.
MRS TLWAELO: In 1991, William Mateketa was working at Afrikanerweg No 22, very close to Klerksdorp. It was a place belonging to a certain Strydom. At the end of the month my husband didn't get his salary as people were getting theirs. He enquired from this person why he doesn't get his salary. ...
This is very difficult for other mothers and other parents who are here today. The question is - what is most difficult is that we have to bring you here and to talk about your pain and then watch you [indistinct] in pain - you had to deal with the tragedy of your loss. It is very painful, but ...
... Midway or actually Soweto. We saw the activities taking place at the Midway explosion scene. I cannot recall precisely where we waited, but afterwards we told the people that we had information that there were a further two limpet mines at other points. We then went to assist Frans van Tonder ...
The applicants testified that the deceased had been a prominent Inkatha organiser and leader and businessperson who had previously lived in their area but who had left when he joined Inkatha. It was alleged that the deceased had led attacks on their community by Inkatha supporters and that such ...
According to the evidence of the applicant, on the 25th December 1993 his brother Gibson Ngubane and cousin Velephi Maluleke were killed in the Jobe area. The applicant says that he saw this happening. The people who killed his brother were a group which was led by Simon Zikali and Mmenezi ...
The only conflict Langa was aware of were faction fights which were taking place in Nquthu. These fights continued in Johannesburg where members of the contending groups were employed. Langa was informed about the fights in Nquthu when he telephoned his mother who was permanently residing there. ...
MR SIBEKO: Will I be correct to say that in both incidents you were carrying and AK47 which you used to shoot against the people you were fighting with?
MR JOUBERT : Can you recall whether there were any other people present or not?
... was the first to be found, and he was severely assaulted. Thereafter the group went to the deceased's house where he was found hiding in a wardrobe. He was dragged out and killed by the mob next to a taxi ...
the ANC and it was used as a safehouse. They travelled in 3 vehicles, parked outside with the headlights of the cars beaming on the house and ran towards the house. Shots were fired. 1st Applicant remembers that there was no-one in the house. 3rd Applicant's memory serves him that people ran ...
On a certain day the Applicant was told by Mjoli that there was a certain man in Umzimkulu who was causing UDF supporters serious problems.  At that stage the name of the man was never mentioned and the Applicant was only told that he was a business man who opposed all initiatives by the UDF ...
MR VISSER: Madam Chair, may I move for an amendment? Chairperson, you might recall that on many occasions in the past, we have explained how it came about, it is really a mistaken reading of the questions, which gave rise to a whole hoard of people saying "not applicable" where in fact they were ...
On the 5th of December 1993, applicant accompanied by three others, set fire to and destroyed Levens Service Station in Uitenhage. Their intended target was a house in close proximity to the garage and in which some members of the South African Defence Force lived. Their operation did not go ...
MRS MISHOMBO: We were residing in Meletsani township in Johannesburg in Johannesburg and on this day, the 29th, he left to go and look for his mother and her grandchildren, because soldiers, Government soldiers, would detain children. Gadja's soldiers were detaining people and late that night an ...
MRS JANUARY: On this day I was in one house and people came to call me, telling me that my sister was shot.
MR MBEKWA: The people who worked together with the Government they destroyed his livestock. They poisoned his cattle.
MR MADURAI: Yes, the court closes at four o'clock on a Friday and there weren't any people around so - and the point that was chosen was where there were no pedestrian traffic at all. The side of the court, so therefore at that time and place, I mean that particular place of the court was chosen.
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