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people's war

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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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... your torture that you’ve described so aptly is reminiscent of so many other stories that we’ve heard. I want to say that this idea you put forward of Black Power in 1976, clearly from the documents we have in front of us, the Black People’s Convention, SASO and other Black conscientious ...
Gqomfa testified that at the relevant time he was a member of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army ("APLA"), the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania ("PAC"). He received military training in exile and then returned to the country where he carried out various operations on behalf ...
It is more convenient to deal with the position of the Second Applicant who is directly involved in the incident before considering the case of First Applicant. According to the evidence the Mankwanyaneni Reserve was experiencing a violent political conflict involving members and supporters of the ...
Ras informed them that Brigadier Stemmet had told him that he had information that a policeman in Hammanskraal was an ANC agent and that he was to be eliminated as he visited and was relaying information to the ANC in Zimbabwe that had in the past already led to the killing of some people there. ...
In the evening of the day in question, both the applicant and Jack proceeded to the intended target where they threw a number of petrol-bombs. The operation was a blunder, in that a wrong target was hit, and that was the house belonging to Elizabeth Makwana. Although there were people inside, no ...
FURTHER EXAMINATION BY MR BOOYENS: Mr Kok, you have already given evidence in this application and in your evidence you mentioned that you were present with the people from Vlakplaas when the cassette player was bought along with the earphones, is that correct?
MRS MTSWENI: I do not believe that it was a natural death. He was always undergoing treatment and I think there’s some substance that was coming out of his mouth. I think this was a direct result of the attack by the Inkatha people six previous years.
The lawyer of the accused just talked and thereafter and the Magistrate although said but the interpreter told me that these people were found not guilty. The one thing that hurt me my witnesses were not there, my lawyer was not there. The doctor didn’t give his statement. I just heard that the ...
In conclusion it has to be pointed out that this incident is a stark reminder of the price that many innocent people paid for the eventual solution of the political problem and conflict in our country.
The applicant was a member of the underground structures of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania ("PAC") and its military wing, the Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA"). Between 1980 and 1990 he recruited youths for military training and harboured trained cadres of APLA who had been ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
And that’s signed by dr Van Heerden. I would also like it placed on record that a number of people from the community have come to us and said that dr Van Heerden is known in this community as a very caring and compassionate doctor.
Mokoena's response was he was referring to the leaders as people who knew of the activities of the gang, and knew that the ANC Youth League members were victims of these attacks.
"to protect my people and to make sure that there was no mismanagement of funds belonging to the SDU members."
Coetzee states that other members ("co-handlers") reported to him that they were unhappy about the poor discipline of the deceased and his laxity with security.  He says the deceased would also abuse state vehicles and on numerous occasions absented himself from work without permit.  Coetzee ...
The applicant was a member of a group of people in the district in which he resided which group was established to defend the residents thereof.
Mr Moele further testified that he received information about the time, and the procedure followed, when salary payments were made by the Transvaal Galvanising Company. He commanded Simphiwe Mkhuno, Thobile Nzolo, Magaule Toloki and Roundy Moboa to accompany him. The applicant and Thobile Nzolo ...
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