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people's warExplanation Showing 901 to 920 of 1003 First Page•Previous Page 42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 Next Page•Last Page... was forthcoming. It is not clear how many people were murdered, who they were and on who attempted murders were executed. No confirmation came forward that the applicant was indeed a member of the PAC acting on instructions or with the approval of one of their ... the persons who guarded the entrance and searched people who entered the tavern. He was not there when the deceased refused to be searched but was aware of it at the time of the incident since he had been so informed by his comrades. He also knew first hand of the deceased’s refusal to be ... When questioned about the group of people who were allegedly present at the time of the killing, the applicant vehemently denied their presence and called it a "blue lie". Only later after much cross-examination he conceded their presence and rather unconvincingly explained that he did not want to ... MR MANTHATA: It is cruel to experience that in a family. It is very hurtful. And it is also very hurting when that comes the way it approached to you. You didn't know how your child died or who killed him. We might say it was the police who killed him because by that time people were from the ... MR MOPEDI: And the people that you were fighting, that you were shooting at, who were they, were those people IFP people? On the day in question, Applicant and his fellow SDU members were patrolling the township in defence of members of the community against attacks from the contending forces of the Inkatha Freedom Party ("IFP"). They had earlier received information from a source within the police that the IFP ... Section 20(2) of the Act not only requires that the act in respect of which amnesty is sought, be associated with a political objective, but also that such act should also have been "advised, planned, directed, commanded, ordered or committed ... by" an applicant who should in turn fall under one ... The offences were committed during an incident which occurred on 5th March 1993. On that day the two applicants and one other person, who's name was given as Siphiwe Zondi, ambushed a minibus and raked its occupants with automatic weapons. As a result of this attack the deceased and the other ... The further issue in dispute relates to the number of persons who had to be killed. De Kock testified that Nieuwoudt only referred to three persons who had to be killed, namely two members of the Port Elizabeth Security Police and an askari. The specific people were unknown to de Kock. ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 SHANE: Was your name also mentioned amongst the people who went to rob firearms at the Kliprivier police station? 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 ... 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 ... The applicant, in his evidence, said that the government had decided to make use of members of the Internal Stability Unit (ISU) to protect the municipalities and the councillors and that these Units patrolled the townships day and night. The purpose of these patrols was to destroy the attempts ... The applicant was at the material times hereto a member of the Azanian Youth League (AYL) in Duduza and attached to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). He says that he was taught through the teachings of the PAC that white people were the cause of black people's misery and had taken the land. ... He does recall though that he with the 3rd Applicant received instructions to attack homes of people in Tembisa. He can remember that they used an explosive device at one house and AK47s to shoot at a second house. He cannot remember why they used different methods of attack, but it was probably ... After some time the Deceased returned to his vehicle. A group of people gathered in the vicinity of the vehicle. The keys to the vehicle were locked inside and the right back quarter window was broken in order to gain access into the vehicle. The Deceased started the vehicle, but then alighted ... |
