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people's warExplanation Showing 821 to 840 of 1000 First Page•Previous Page 38 •39 •40 •41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 Next Page•Last PageAs an individual and perhaps being involved with quite a number of others it shows the recognitions of the efforts of those who fought against apartheid. And it does not only show how good and how well deserving their struggle was, but at the same time it shows appreciation of the people that were ... I said it was an international problem, a humanitarian gesture that you could make. You could do something wonderful today. He said what. I said find a missing prisoner, somebody who has nothing to do with Zambia, who didn’t commit a crime here as far as I understand, who I believe is in Lusaka ... ... they’ve restructured the events, he showed them the place where the three people were killed and I believe he has made a valuable contribution toward solving that murder. ... Then there was an attempt to get his handwriting whilst he was being held. // When they detained me that evening they made me to write certain sentences repeatedly. I was writing on an A4 page and at the bottom of the page they asked me to sign. // He was also reminded of Siphiwo Mtimkulu’s ... This episode focuses on the HRV Committee hearings held in Umtata between 18 and 20 June and in George from 18 to 19 June. Segments include the 22 November 1990 attempted coup in the Transkei - supported by SA Military Intelligence - which left 19 people dead; testimony from Teddy Williams, a ... So when I realised this people, this police were becoming so serious about this matter of Nkosinati. I then decided to tell them the truth. I told them the truth. I told them what the whole situation was. And that situation they have it in their files. If they produced the files, they will find it. ... Few other actions of the South African Defence Force caused as much bitterness in Namibia as the attack on Cassinga on May 4, 1978. Last week, the Minister of Defence, Joe Modise, apologised to the Namibian government and people because a group of soldiers commemorated the raid in Cassinga with a ... Why is it that form the 1980s young people began to be actively involved in violence concerning witch craft? It was largely political. There were people who wanted to see the country ungovernable, so they used young people to do what they wanted to see accomplished. Miriam Moleleke had similar experiences but she stopped being a victim. // I want to say I’m healing somehow. Ek is gesond. Ek is OK. [I’m healthy. I am OK]. Ek het dit deurgegaan. Ek het gepraat daaroor. Ek het dit gevoel, maar ek het gese ek moet kans gee vir ander mense dat hulle dit moet ... Colonel Gideon Niewoudt, one of the policemen mentioned by Joyce Mtimkulu was one of the men who stalled earlier attempts to get Mtimkulu’s story before the Truth Commission. His legal counsellor, Dup de Bruyn tried in vain to address the Truth Commission. // We furthermore delivered to Bishop ... First I was told that he was buried alone but when I found out there are so many of these graves here. Now we are depending on the people who are going to work on them to see whether really we are getting the right body. In Jo’burg it was worse because mostly people that was arrested, anyhow, anytime. Tress passers get in their houses, hotels, the police go inside of the houses or the flats, they search all these people. They want to know, where do you sleep, where do you come from, who’s your boss, what are ... She was untouchable. // Mrs. Mandela was not the kind of person whom you visited upon a brainwave and upset her whole household and see if I could arrest her, that would have meant the end of my career at that stage. // I always reached the conclusion that the people were afraid of her. // She is a ... The evil that people may not have known about is the actual killings and torture, the criminal operations; I mean, I think anybody who’s lived through South Africa in that time must have had some word or rumour of that but you could probably, genuinely have lived through the period and not been ... Mr Snyman told me that he had a private conversation with Mr Le Grange and that Le Grange had told him that the situation in the Eastern Province needed attention and should be addressed. He wanted to know why these people weren’t being prosecuted, what the problem was and why people responsible ... One of the most shameful chapters of the resistance against apartheid was the burning of people, mostly local councillors or people accused of collaborating with the state. Often a car tyre was put around the victim’s neck, filled with petrol and set alight. This was where the term ... Eleven people died in the Trust Feed massacre. Captain Brian Mitchell is serving a 30 year sentence for this crime. Four special policemen who were also convicted have since received indemnity. Lunchtime January 25, 1980. Three Umkhonto we Sizwe storm into the Silverton branch of Volkskas bank, but it wasn’t a robbery. It is one of MK’s strangest operations. They kept 25 people hostage for six hours. Komape Molapo is a survivor of another grenade attack at the hotel in the Namakgale township in the same month. He believes that soldiers from the same unit were responsible. // Three shots were fired and after that hand grenade, hand grenade, hand grenades were thrown in. It got me on the soldier ... Joe Mamasela was not at the amnesty hearing and he’s not scheduled to appear before the Commission. We asked Amnesty Committee spokesman Cocky Mpshe, why not? // Joe Mamasela is not here and Joe Mamasela may not be here because he is presently what we call a section 204 witness. That simply means ... |
