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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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It is common cause that there was an ongoing political battle between the IFP hostel dwellers and the members of the Toaster gang on one side and the ANC people living in Tembisa on the other. Consequently the ANC formed Self Defence Units to protect their supporters as well as the residents. ...
The operation was carried out by the 1st Applicant, the 3rd Applicant, Mike and Johnny. The 3rd Applicant acted as driver. He drove the others to the T-junction and was instructed to wait for them at a specific place some distance away. The 1st Applicant, Mike and Johnny waited at the ...
These factors resulted in the Applicant, amongst others, deciding to burn down House No. 256 in his street. The house was owned by one Mr Zwane, whom Applicant had never seen at the house and who let the house to tenants. These tenants were known to be IFP members, who were often seen attending ...
On the night of the 7th July 1991, the residents on the farm noticed a group of persons coming towards the farm. These people entered the farm and this resulted in them being chased. One of the trespasses was caught, beaten and killed. Shortly thereafter two figures were noticed going into one of ...
At the time in question the police were regarded by both the Mamelodi Committee and MK as being enemies of the people. Members of the SAP had been harassing and victimising members of the Mamelodi community and various attacks were planned and carried out by MK against members of the SAP as ...
MR MXUTU: Col Duli said that as we knew that Ms Stella Sigcau's government was overthrown by the soldiers and these soldiers said after six months it would change and then he said that that six months had elapsed, so he wanted us to do what had happened to the previous government. He wanted us to ...
All right. You were shot coming from a rally and there were many people there. Were you ever charged for anything that happened on that day? Shall I repeat the question. You were shot by the police when you were coming from Steve Tshwete's rally. Did the police ever come to you and charge you ...
The first applicant testified that he had been trained as an MK Soldier, both inside and outside South Africa and that at the time of the incidents under discussion he was the Commander of the second applicant and other members of an ANC cell which had been created in the Newcastle area. First ...
On the 10th October the Tembisa Police Station Barracks was similarly bombed.  Three people sustained injuries.
CHAIRPERSON: This has not been a hearing where there's been a great deal of conflicting evidence where one has to weigh up the evidence. There have been differences between various people as to who was at what meeting, who did precisely what but the picture of what happened is reasonably clear, ...
CHAIRPERSON: ...(inaudible). There are other matters involved in Mr Thusi's application, which do not involve the present parties and which I have not commented on, but I would urge that the papers are gone through carefully and if there are any other persons who should be notified or informed of ...
MR VABAZA: The third applicant, Mr Chairperson and members, is Mabitana Mani. He is also amongst the five group of people.
MR KOPEDI: If I may, Honourable Chairperson, I'm going to ask for a postponement of this matter sine die. The reasons are that all the applicants are not here as we speak and also the victim, there is one victim in this matter, the victim is not here and basically we did not have any application ...
CHAIRPERSON: Ms Patel, can we again implore your Department to ensure that when matters are set down, they have been fully investigated and very ripe for a hearing in order to avoid matters being postponed only when we are here in a venue and at great costs I think to the people who are attending ...
... for this session. Before we adjourn we express our usual thanks to everybody who has assisted us in having this hearing in this venue. We are aware of the efforts that go into arranging a session of this nature and we extend our thanks and appreciation for all of those people who have ...
I chased them away, that's where Moolman said to me, while we were watching television, that day, I could hear that these people were killed in Pietersburg and I realised that it was my son. He was with his friend Jacob Rapulo. After having shot him the case was handled by Sad Kachalia the ...
The applicant testified that he was a member of the Soweto Youth Congress affiliated to the UDF as well as a member of M.K. He was trained by Dube to whom we have referred to earlier and we will refer to him by name further on in this decision. During 1987 supporters of the liberation movements ...
MR HATTINGH: Yes, yes, that's all I'm trying to put on record, that the string and the wax might have been applied in the post office and not by the people who prepared the package.
The applicant testified that as a result of the instructions received he then threw a handgrenade at the house of Mr Mahaule during the night of 27th April 1980. An explosion followed and the property was damaged. It was not his intention to kill anybody and that was the reason why he used a low ...
MR SHANE: Was your name also mentioned amongst the people who went to rob firearms at the Kliprivier police station?
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