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people's warExplanation Showing 681 to 700 of 1003 First Page•Previous Page 31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 Next Page•Last PageIt is common cause that the African National congress, through its military wing was waging a war against the South African regime. The applicants, Phungulwas and Dyasophu were in exile where they trained. Phungulwa and Dyasophu defected from the ANC in 1990 and became what is known as 'askaris'. ... During an attack by the IFP on the ANC on 26 February 1993 several ANC members were injured and Joseph Mlambo, Johannes Bengu and Themba Ngwenya were killed. That led to a discussion by 20 members of the ANC on the evening of the 1st of March 1993 where a counter attack was discussed. This ... She never issued any orders for any specific people to be killed. They all apply for amnesty in respect of murder and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. The incident which gives rise to these applications occurred on Saturday 12 February 1994 at an informal settlement at Zevenfontein in the Randburg municipal area. During the late afternoon of that ... JUDGE PILLAY: What I want to know, he sounds to me as if he is in a special position with regard to people who are assaulted, attacked. Why can't you remember that or remember his case? To me, it is no the usual type of thing? 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 commissar's weapon for his (Deegan's) personal collection. He conceded that Deegan had made no such mention in his statement, that he was not aware of any such collection of Deegan's, that Deegan had never told applicant of such motive or collection. He could not explain why he had said ... ... targets for attack in terms of this policy. These attacks were, moreover, executed in accordance with the relevant international conventions on warfare and insofar as the Applicants were concerned they were soldiers engaged in a just war for the liberation of their people from oppression. ... ... but just in general I would like to know from you, people talk about so-called pseudo operations where an item is manufactured and then used afterwards when there is a forensic test done on it - maybe AK47 bullets were found on the scene and it is said this and this happened or that a ... 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 ... ... led to violence and killings involving people from the same villages and even members of the same family on opposing sides.. The Committee is aware of other matters where offences were committed not only with a political objective but also involving a strong personal element and carefully ... ... 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 ... These were set up with encouragement from the top ANC leadership as a means to defend the township communities under siege from hostile forces and third force hit squads. I was given the task of helping to arm the SDUs. I worked with an MK unit ..... We created DLBs in the worst ... The same does not apply to the first applicant. Although there was, on his own evidence, no prior agreement to shoot or kill anyone, he himself decided to do so on the spur of the moment. This however, was not an end to the matter, he again shot the maid as she was lying on the floor and the ... "As a chosen leader of the community of Mmamahabane Township, Ventersburg, I went to the municipal police offices to take the keys of the Administrator's office from the municipal police and hand it to the people to prohibit the racist Administrator to govern the people of the township. I planned ... The incident which gave rise to all the above applicants, was the killing of one Brigadier Andrew Molope (herein after referred to as "the deceased") in 1986 in Winterveld in the erstwhile Republic of Bophuthatswana. All four of the applicants were involved, in varying degrees, in the killing of ... At sometime in 1991 he befriended two Mozambicans who were employed at a farm. (They, incidentally, were co-accused of the applicant at the time). They complained to him about being ill-treated by the farmer and having lost the work. He reported this to Mohale who, he said, told him to proceed ... He testified that on the evening in question, he was at his home when he heard people shouting "Inkatha". He left his home carrying a sjambok towards the direction from where the noise came and in an open veld, he found a large group of about 500 people shouting "Let's kill them". The facts in this application are very similar to those in that of Mdu John Msibi (Case No. 0624/96). The applicant herein was approached by the same people who had approached Mdu John Msibi, namely one Msibi and a constable Mkhwanasi. He also adds a certain Pienaar, who, like Mkhwanasi, was ... Thereafter, on a date the applicant cannot remember, but between 30 November 1993 and 2 December 1993, a number of people gathered at Mr Mfayela's house. Mr Mfayela and an induna from Wosiyana planned an attack on the Sonkombo area. The attackers left in a number of vehicles and proceeded to ... |