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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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CHAIRPERSON: Were you involved in an incident where people flew into Jan Smuts and were then taken to Swaziland?
He further testified that he believed that as a person put in command of the operation, he had implied authority to take such a decision. He had then instructed the applicants who were under his command and the others present, to shoot the occupants of the car, including Mr Moatshe as soon as the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Having carefully considered all of the evidence and material placed before us, we are satisfied that Applicant has made a full disclosure of all relevant facts and that the murder was an act associated with a political objective in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Even though the then ...
Mhlambo testified that the deceased was then taken to the Chairperson of the ANC at Hlalakahle aarea, a certain Mr Mzolo, who is since deceased. During questioning of the deceased at Mzolo’s place, Mr Mzolo suggested that the questioning should be stopped to be continued on the following day. ...
... with Mr Botha. They were not anxious to, when I say they, I must withdraw that, one of the two persons had been following proceedings, was fully aware of what was going on and he was a possibly implicated person, but he indicated that he did not want to participate in any way or to have his ...
CHAIRPERSON: Yes Mr Webster, we'll be here at 9.30 tomorrow morning and there are people who are coming specifically for the matter that is set down tomorrow. Mr Pravine Gordon and Mr Lala?
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. ...
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?
During 1992 the conflict in the area intensified and more supporters from the ANC were killed by people who the applicant believed were members of the IFP. According to the applicant, the police did nothing to investigate these deaths because they sided with the IFP. On the 22nd of February ...
      "I was amongst the people who chased the deceased, Mr Moeng, from his house and poured petrol on him and set him alight although I could not get a chance to assault and burn him personally due to many people in front of me.  However, I had the common purpose of killing the ...
MR VISSER: Yes. Yes, while we're on that point, Mr Chairman, Ms Thabethe has an impossible task, it seems, to bring matters forward. Perhaps the problem here is in the whole attempt to place matters for certain dates. It would seem and the present hearings do seem to be the best example of that, ...
MR GREYLING: During the arrest of Siphiwe Nyanda I was present. There were not enough people in the office and they were looking for persons to assist with the arrest.
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?
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" ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Applicant, Mr Mafete, was the first person to testify. According to his version the inhabitants of their village were upset by the deaths of six young male residents of the village over a period of some months prior to April 1994. All of the deceased were related and like the two Applicants, ...
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