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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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CHAIRPERSON: Thank you. Well then in the circumstances, we will then have to adjourn this matter to a date to be arranged. We will now be proceeding still with these hearings on Monday in Pretoria, in respect of the so-called Zero-Zero hearings, so I'll be seeing some people in Pretoria on ...
When the applicant came to the meeting it had not even commenced business and people were still in the process of arriving and gathering. he saw Mbokazi in the company of a man he had not seen before and it later transpired that the man was Shandu. Cele was not there. He assumed that the man ...
MR KHUMALO: I apologise to the people who lost their lives because of the political situation because what happened and what we did was because of the system of apartheid, not because we were there for personal gain. This happened to them because they were members of the IFP, an organisation that ...
It is evidence from the documentation before us that during the evening of 7th October 1991 Mr and Mrs Liquorish were entertaining two guests, namely Mr Dunkley and Miss Saint-Clair, at her house at Illovo, Johannesburg. They were sitting at the dinning table when five armed robbers, including the ...
The operation was not carried out in accordance with the original plan because whilst the Applicants were strategically placing explosive cables around the out building structure Y, which was known to accommodate the alleged infiltrators, one of the ANC activists came out and noted the ...
During the course of the day they were not successful to trace the whereabouts of the target and his vehicle but later that evening they saw his car parked outside a pub. The target (Mdo) was busy talking to a person on the pavement. Flores who was travelling in his kombi with tinted windows ...
CHAIRPERSON: I don't think I'm going to allow that. We are concerned with the amnesty application by people who have applied before us. We are not going to pass judgment on Mr Taylor, we're not going to make an assessment on Mr Taylor's achievements or demerits. Do you understand?
The applicant testified that as far as possible, the limpet mines were timed to go off at times when there were unlikely to be people around so as to try and avoid or minimise casualties and loss of life.  He said that unfortunately a person was injured in the explosion at the Pinetown Post ...
... stage he went to fetch a key at the back of the shop for one of the other shop assistants, whereafter he returned to the entrance. He then became aware of a noise coming from the back of the shop and saw Ndimande, armed with a firearm, struggling with the deceased. Edgar went to the assistance ...
It is common cause that the reason for the attack was that during the course of that day, a group of young UDF supporters had sworn at and jeered at Jamile. This had infuriated Jamile to such an extent that he wanted them to be killed. The applicant knew who they were and where they lived and ...
Applicant testified about his incident as a witness at the amnesty application into what has become known as the Cradock 4 incident.  His testimony basically coincided with the contents of his written amnesty application dealing with this incident.  The relevant circumstances were that ...
The applicant's evidence was that he was a member of the Pan African Congress. He later joined APLA, the military wing of the said organisation, whilst he was in exile. In January 1993 he was given orders by the APLA commander, Sabelo Pama, to infiltrate the country and to prosecute the armed ...
The applicant was not brought in time by the prison authorities, for various reasons. Whatever the reason was, valuable time has been lost and inconvenience has been caused to a number of people apart from just the Members of the Committee. If anything can be done to avoid loss of time such as ...
I am very glad that Nonqulana was mentioned here today and it was clarified that Nonqulana is a historical mountain, so that the next generations know that this was the origin where people died for the land.
MR KENDALL: I personally went to fetch this mini limpet mine from Mr Hammond in the building where they were. We got back to the office and Brigadier McIntyre called Mr Mogoai, a sergeant, a female constable, I can't remember her name, if you asked me what she looked like, I also would not be ...
The applicant says at no stage of their discussions did they ever refer to the Azanian People's Liberation Army ("APLA") and its activities. It further did not appear that Makara was a member of APLA or that he had an association of some sort with the said military wing of the PAC. Makara told ...
MR LAX: You don't know what happened to Mr Gordhan in that intervening time, was he left in the office, was he questioned further by you or other people in the meantime? Did you carry on questioning him?
One young man came. They were together. Belishiyane was injured, was one of the people who were with Priscilla. He was in hospital. Siwisa was also injured and Wabena was also injured. They were in hospital. June Jombolo came to me at home while I was trying, while I was preparing myself to ...
CHAIRPERSON: Yes Mr Webster, we'll be here at 9.30 tomorrow morning and there are people who are coming specifically for the matter that is set down tomorrow. Mr Pravine Gordon and Mr Lala?
[10] In cross examination he was asked why he had not mentioned in his statement made on 13 November 1985 that he took part in the killing because of fear. He gave conflicting answers. He first said at a time of making the statement he did not recall this fact. When asked why he would recall ...
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