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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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Van Zyl said that it was the view of his unit that the United Democratic Front (UDF) was responsible for politicising the people and consequently for the unrest experienced in the various Eastern Cape areas including Cradock where the Cradock Residents Association ("CRADORA") was established and ...
MR NYAKAMA: I was a secretary in our section, that is Lusaka-A. That is, I was a SANCO secretary. Our duties included listening to people's complaints and we also sat at the SANCO central level where we represented people's complaints.
This accorded to a large extent with the evidence he gave before us when he said the purpose of the attack was to promote their organisation and to take revenge against their enemies. he talked of the attack on his group which was relaxing at Gumede's house and the cars subsequent return to ...
CHAIRPERSON: Mr Ngqunge you are one of the persons referred by the previous witness, not so, as being part of a group of people who embarked on these ventures. Is that correct?
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 ...
Many people lost their children and many children lost their parents. We therefore thank you that you have come to share your pain with us and we also promise that we are with you at heart, thank you.
The Applicant, Mr Mafete, was the first person to testify. According to his version the inhabitants of their village were upset by the deaths of six young male residents of the village over a period of some months prior to April 1994. All of the deceased were related and like the two Applicants, ...
MR SIBEKO: The picture that I have now is that the rest of the people who were around, did nothing but Makasonke is the one who meted out the punishment, is that a correct picture?
... however we are of the view that all those who took part in the preparation and posting of the device knowing it was a bomb must have been aware of the danger of such a device exploding and accidentally killing or injuring people in the vicinity.  It had happened to a previous parcel ...
MR BOOYENS: Just to clarify certain aspects, Mr du Toit. There may be the perception in the minds of some people that the Technical Division of the Security Branch was only involved in offensive actions, such as for example this modification of weaponry, in this case and in other cases and so ...
CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR VISSER: Mr Snyders, page 232, you state, or let me put it to you like this, Colonel De Kock said that he asked Brigadier Erasmus what would happen if policemen were to arrive. He said, "Shoot them dead". What would happen if members of the public arrived there? He said, ...
Whilst we were sleeping, we had a few people singing and as these sounds was approaching, it stop right in front of my yard. It took some time. My brother’s child went into my house, Fundiswa, and she told Funeka that we must go. And Funeka was already up at that stage. They left together.
Khosa and Nkoana were used on the day in question as interpreters between the other three and the deceased and as messengers when cooldrinks or other refreshments or food was required. The five of them took the deceased from the office to a place in the vicinity of Cleveland. When they arrived ...
MR VAN RENSBURG: Now, then on behalf of the victims, I just have to put it to you and that is my instructions that the deceased was killed not because of any political reason, because some people in the community were jealous of his ...
As stated above, two people were killed during the robbery, both of whom were bank employees and two people were shot and injured. Four people were robbed of personal items and three other bank employees who had money belonging to the bank in their custody were robbed of cash in the amount of R28 ...
At the time of the commission of the offences the applicant was a serving prisoner and member of the Azanian People's Organisation, AZAPO. He had been convicted of a number of
The Applicant confirmed the evidence given by the above-mentioned Applicants and testified that he, at the time a constable, operated under the orders of Captain Hechter.  The facts, briefly stated are that the deceased allegedly was a member of a cell of ANC activists, lead by Sefola, which ...
So Chairperson, I will submit that these people were not disowned by the ANC, they were doing exactly what the ANC wanted to see happening. Therefore they fall within the ambit.
MR FLORES: One of the applicants who already testified was Mr Tait. There were one or two people from the Task Force, I can't recall names.
The applicant was a member of Special Operations of Umkhonto weSizwe, the Military wing of the African National Congress (the ANC). He received extensive military training abroad. In 1991 he was instructed by the army commander, Mr Joe Modise to establish Self Defence Units in order to protect ...
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