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people's warExplanation Showing 901 to 920 of 1000 First Page•Previous Page 42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 Next Page•Last Page‘Comrades, die dag is ‘n ander dag vir ons. Dit is ‘n seer dag vir ons wat onse mense in die verlede swaar getref het … wat sal vandag voor die hof verskyn. So comrades, ek sal laaik laat ons nie almal onder die bome staan nie. Ons moet saam wys dat ons het pyn van onse comrades wat in die ... Why are you seeking to discredit people who I think honestly tried to come and give evidence? I think that for me that’s a problem. The second question I want to put to you is however you perceive the situation these were youngsters who congregated around you, you in fact took them along with you ... ‘Any changes which are to come can only come as a result of a programme worked out by black people. And for black people to be able to work out a programme they need to defeat the one main element in politics which was working against them and this was a psychological feeling of inferiority.’ The day after the Sebokeng night vigil massacre the house of Emma Kheswa and her son, Khetisi Kheswa, was burned down. It was retaliation. Many believed that Khetisi was responsible, not only for the death of Christopher Nangalembe, but for the killing of 38 people at the vigil one week later. Comrade Chris Hani, as he was explaining the complaints from the people, he tell us that we must discipline people so that we can train them, we can show them how to shoot, how to patrol, how to stand in a post in the night, how to change, all those things. So that they can be a self defence unit. The whole operation went wrong, where the wrong people became victims. // The community of Trust Feed has also requested me to advise the Amnesty Committee that they would try to forgive mister Brian Mitchell if he becomes actively involved in the reconstruction of the community that he was ... On that fateful day eleven people were fatally shot and 36 were injured. // My leg was very painful, the bullet struck me in my thigh. // To their dismay the victims of the shooting that took place at Egerton station were ironically charged with contempt of court. They were forced to pay large ... Since the first white people from Europe set foot on the beaches of the Cape of Good Hope 350 years ago race has been at the heart of most of the conflict in our country. Colonialism and later apartheid meant the subjugation of darker skinned people by light skinned people, but this week the Truth ... I gave the instruction for them to flatten the huts with a caspir and that we would open fire at the same time. It’s the overkill situation that was typically Koevoet. We would shoot as much concentrated fire into a space as possible. We didn’t know how many people might be in there with them, ... This episode focuses on the Amnesty Committee hearings held in Bloemfontein (24 to 27 March) and the HRV Committee hearings held in Lusikisiki (24 to 26 March). From Bloemfontein we hear testimonies from four APLA members applying for amnesty for killing a white farmer, JJ Fourie, during APLA?s ... ... say that whilst most of the world would oppose the actions of the previous government with regard to the liberation movement. We’ve got to put forward the view that many who supported that government did so believing earnestly and genuinely that they were actually opposing a communist ... 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 ... Look your position if I understand it correctly is that Vlakplaas is an aberration like a lot of these other things that were debated this morning. And the explanation, as I understand it, that you were proffering was that it must have been an officer or two or whatever, lower down the hierarchy, ... The first wave of horror came in May 1986. Over three days the ‘fathers,’ or witdoeke systematically burned three satellite squatter camps around Crossroads to the ground. The security forces then stepped in. They encircled the area with barbed wire to prevent the 30 000 left homeless by the ... Hello. Our focus this week is entirely on prisons. The Truth Commission held a special hearing on prison conditions over the last three decades in the Old Fort in Johannesburg this past week. We also bring you a profile on a rather forgotten hero of the 1960s, Bram Fischer. It is often been said ... ... that the tip of his penis had to be amputated as a result of torture by the police and a Free State farmer. // This white policeman said - he was a warrant officer, I was able to identify him as a warrant officer. Then he said. This ‘kaffir’ is pretending to be dead. // Khuthezile Thele was ... My mom was approached by some people, some Zulu’s and they were telling her that your child who is a comrade has been shot and he’s going to die. And already he has died. Reference book, pass book, dompas, stinker, different names for the same thing. The hated document that determined the life of every black South African for decades, where they could sleep, live, work, visit and for how long. The main aim of the pass laws was to control the movement of black South ... It was a truly symbolic moment when these three theologians made their way to the Truth Commission stage this week. Coming from the church seen to have been the theological backbone of the National Party their confession before the people of Paarl and Stellenbosch was a meaningful milestone in the ... |
