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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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At that time in Barkley West - Barkley West was quiet and people were not yet aware of what was happening. And sometimes I would get advice from my friends at Kimberley. They were only giving me advice on political matters and when I was at Barkley I realised that many parents at that time ...
MR VISSER: The point is that if you observe people, you don't actually want them to know that you're doing it.
The applicant says that as a result of this incident, he resolved to avenge himself. Although he did not know the identity of the perpetrators, he decided to kill members or supporters of the UDF. He purchased a firearm on the 22nd of April 1990, he and his friend Beki Patrick Zwane went to a ...
MR SANDI: Are those people still around in the community?
ADV POTGIETER: And it subsequently appeared that you were shot amongst other things? Could anybody else except the people who were in the hippo, have been responsible for shooting you?
The applicant testified and confirmed his affidavit, which forms part of the record, as well as the three application forms which form part of the bundle of the documents before us. Applicant joined the PAC in 1985 whilst still a scholar. In 1991 he joined the PAC Task Force whose duties he ...
Extensive damage was caused to the premises of the Why Not Club and thirteen people were injured. The 3rd Applicant stated that he placed the mines under a chair against the outer wall because he wanted to keep casualties to a minimum.
... had his way, the killing as well as the reasons therefore would have remained unknown. While a surviving victim of abduction would be able to warn other black people to stay out of the town, a dead one would obviously not be able to do so. This is a further indication that no political ...
could not see well because both lights were off. We could not see whether it was black people or white people. They left then. A short while afterwards we heard various gunshots, one after the other and I said there was a shooting somewhere, let us go to bed but Beulin still had not returned. ...
MRS NHLAYISI: He mentioned an incident relating to kidnapping one Qobani and taking him to Polla Park and in his testimony he mentioned that you were one of the people who participated in this incident. Do you confirm that?
DR RANDERA: When your brother returned to the country, did the police not start coming back again and questioning you people again?
... from that Casspir and when we watched we wanted to see which direction were they going to take these people and they were coming in our direction towards Chicken Farm. They split into groups and went different directions and they entered the squatter camps and that is when we whistled for alert ...
MR BORAINE: Chairperson, for one reason or another we've had to change the order a little bit, so I hope the witnesses aren't becoming confused, everybody will be heard, but we are just trying to accommodate different people's needs.
GEN COETZEE: Chairperson, the position was as follows. When I appeared before a Regional Commission I asked them, with respect, great respect, the Chairman at that stage was Archbishop Tutu, whether he or the legal advisors of the Commission was of the opinion that for want of a better definition, ...
MR PRINSLOO: And the Sannieshof Liquor Store, the person there, Mr Pereiro says in affidavit on page 98 of the documents, that it was only done because black people attended that hotel, is that true?
The Committee is aware that the IFP has consistently stated that they were not involved and did not associate themselves with violence or robberies. There is, however, abundant evidence in various applications that party members and supporters were involved in the inter-party warfare and that ...
ADV DE JAGER: In cases during which people were killed in landmine explosions or when infiltrations took place, were you blamed or were members of the police blamed for not doing their job and seeing to the safety of the people?
The Deceased, together with Bheki Nkosi, was arrested on Thursday 9th June 1988 in a flat he shared with the said Nkosi in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. They were arrested by members of the West Rand Division of the Security Branch who were assisted by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Applicants. After their ...
symbolised the system of apartheid. The intention was to focus the attention of Whites on the liberation struggle and the effects of the liberation war being waged by the ANC. By inflicting casualties upon the white population the apartheid regime would be pressurised by and isolated from ...
... was informed by Captain Opperman that there would be an attack upon Victor Ntuli and he was provided with a sketch plan of the house. Applicant war ordered to prepare a group of former Operation Marion trainees to execute the attack. The preparations took place near to Ulundi and it entailed ...
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