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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 Page... 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 ... It 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'. ... She never issued any orders for any specific people to be killed. MR BOOYENS: Certainly, Chairperson, I will ask my colleagues who have got access to a library, whether they could oblige us in this regard, people like Mr Hattingh or Mr Visser or somebody like that. ... 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 ... 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? 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 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 ... The second attack was launched on the house of Eric Xeketwana who he had been told was an active participant in a taxi war which was causing great unrest and distress in the community. The decision to attack the house was taken by the New Crossroads African National Congress Youth League in ... 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 ... ... 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. ... ... 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 ... 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 ... On their own evidence they believed that Memela and his companions were trained "terrorists" armed with weapons and explosives, who had been responsible for the attack on Winnington Sabelo's family and who were en route to attack a black Counsellor. It is thus clear to us that the applicants ... Both Applicants, together with a number of other people, were later arrested and charged with the murder of the Deceased. The matter never went to trial as the charges were withdrawn due to the lack of evidence. MR BOOYENS: Chairperson, with regard to Mr Kobus Kok, on page 30, I don't know if the people are ashamed to say that they were supporters of the National Party, because not one of the applicants do that. I don't know whether you find it necessary to recall him about that, but I would ... MR SIBEKO: It is possible that there were people inside the shack? CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR DU PLESSIS: May I proceed Mr Chairman, thank you. Mr Goosen, the information that you had with regard to Morudi and the people that would have been in the house that night, do you agree with Mr Momberg's evidence as far as that is concerned, the question that I asked him? The applicant, when testifying at the hearing of this matter, stated that he joined the Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA) during 1985. He stated that he was approached by his commander, one Mziwabantu Stokwe, who told him that they were going on a mission to get money and firearms. The ... |
