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people's warExplanation Showing 721 to 740 of 1003 First Page•Previous Page 33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 •41 Next Page•Last PageCHAIRPERSON: Certain problems have arisen in that it appears that the bundle of papers were only made available to all the parties including the Members of the Committee, last week. In the application papers the applicant makes out the case that what was done was done on behalf of the ANC and it ... 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 and his colleague ran away and were being shot at. They left behind the pamphlets and a motor cycle. A while later, he returned to Road 8 in order to recover the pamphlets and the motorcycle. On his way there he met Xolani Muntu Mkhize and Robert Mngadi. They accompanied him to ... 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 ... Khumalo testified that he is currently serving a long term of imprisonment for two counts of murder, two of attempted murder and one of armed robbery for his participation in the Reservoir Hills armed robbery. He was also involved in other incidents where people were killed. 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 ... You have said it all, the political motive, it is there, it is not strong enough. If it is there, it has not surfaced sufficiently for any of the people who listened to the applicant giving his evidence, to see. He says he does not know if the deceased belonged to any political organisation but thinks that he may have attended political meetings as well, because many people in the village attended such meetings which were frequently held at the time. He was then asked if the deceased was opposed to the ... The above statements can neither be corroborated nor disapproved since Hani is no longer alive. Although the applicant's evidence in this regard was not satisfactory in all respect, it cannot be rejected as untrue. After all Mr Hani's decision would have been influenced by the information ... When further questioned about what the deceased was doing at the time he was thrice shot; "I shot the deceased three times (after) he slapped me and I got frightened because I could see he had a gun on him and I saw on many times what a gun can do to people, especially when it was in the hands of ... CHAIRPERSON: It is Thursday the 14th, and we come now to the application of Conrad Bekhi Magoso, AM4014/96. We have been told that it will not be possible to proceed with this application today, despite the fact that the representatives are here as are members of the families and victims and other ... As an APLA operative the applicant's general instruction from the APLA High Command was to prosecute the armed struggle by all means against the then undemocratic and oppressive "racist minority regime". As part of the armed struggle, APLA cadres had to seek and attack the "bastions and minions" ... During the period 1984 - 1985 Snyders was assigned to the Commandos in Nelspruit where he was appointed as Company-Commander in his region. He maintained close contact with other right-wing organisations such as the Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging ("AWB") and the Herstigte Nasionale Party. During ... The applicant testified that he obtained the assistance of two common criminals and a driver. he said they left from Mandla's home to the bank. There was a confrontation outside the bank after the robbery was completed. A gun-battle ensued between the applicant and his friends and the local ... The second applicant testified that he was carrying a kierie which he used to hit the hostel dwellers at random in the hostel. He also used it to break a hostel window. He cannot identify any person on whom he used his kierie and whether the people he hit with the kierie were killed or not. He ... Perhaps some people who are listening to you probably think it is a fairy tale that you are telling. But those who know the gravity of the struggle for liberation in this country, are aware that women suffered a lot in this country in the fight for liberation. CHAIRPERSON: We welcome you and I will ask you to give your testimony freely. So that all the people inside this hall can hear you very well. I will ask one of the Commissioners to help you with the oath. As a result of the precarious financial position, the matter was discussed with the chief of MK and it was decided that alternative means, including robbery, in order to obtain the required finance, should be employed. The proviso was that there should be no loss of life and the target should be ... The applicants seek amnesty in respect of the robbery of a shop, the Pep Store in Bothabelo on the 17th of February 1992. It is clear from the information placed before us that although one of the persons were armed, no violence was used against the people in the store and they requested money, ... 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? |
