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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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            "Without proper authorization listened to conversations of target people such as Allan Boesak, Dr Nthato Motlana, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Halton Cheadle, etc.  ...  I was involved directly in this activity  throughout my duties at Johannesburg Security Branch during 1982 - 1986."
The applicant then returned to the vehicle and saw one of the people with him, one Khumbulani Sithole driving the minibus away. Later he was informed that the minibus was driven away and burned near Mpumalanga township. He said he gave no instruction in this regard and did not approve of it. ...
MR MNGOMEZULU: Yes. What I can say is the same thing that I said earlier on as to what happened or what was happening at Wembezi Township. I had taken the firearm from our commander at the time, our ANC commander, that was before the conflict between the ANC and SACP started. Our commander at ...
A highlight of the violence was an attack launched on 12 May 1991 by hostel dwellers from Kagiso on the residents of Swanieville. The assistance of Applicant and other residents of Kagiso was enlisted to help the residents of Swanieville to repel the attack. Applicant witnessed the loss of life ...
MR MOMBERG: Chairperson, through the nature of my work and with reference to a previous application of mine to this Committee, the McKenzie application, I used this road every second weekend for three years, between two and three years, and from a reconnaissance view I knew this place quite well ...
... paces away from the scene screaming at them. He is however unable to say whether Sonwabo shot in their direction or not. In any event he was not aware that a civilian had been shot and killed pursuant to their shooting and only became aware thereof during his criminal trial. He contended that ...
4. The recruiting of people for military training by the African National Congress ("ANC"), both in and outside of South Africa during the period 1986 to 1990.
... vehemently denied that he ever gave any instructions to Applicant to assassinate Mr Songo.  He indicated that he had no personal animosity towards Mr Songo who was one of his classmates at school.  Approximately two weeks after he met Applicant, the latter approached him at the office ...
The applicant further applies for amnesty in respect of assault on a number of people, during interrogations. He took an active part in some of the assaults by pinning the victim to the ground while he was being hit and in other cases he was a bystander who associated him with the assaults. He ...
At the relevant time he was a member of the Azanian People’s Organisation ("AZAPO"). He also served on the executive committee of the Azanian Youth Organisation ("AZANYO") and Azanian Student Movement ("AZASM"), the youth and student wings of AZAPO, respectively. He received military training ...
MR GOUWS: Yes, that's correct, he offered some training to these people and he was also given an AK47.
You have said it all, the political motive, it is there, it is not strong enough. If it is there, it has not surfaced sufficiently for any of the people who listened to the applicant giving his evidence, to see.
After the ousting of the Sebe regime in Ciskei through a military coup, the military government headed by Brigadier Gqozo propounded the replacement of the headmen system with democratically elected civic structures. This move was widely welcomed by the people of the Ciskei. At a later stage and ...
MR BAKER: I had my service pistol with me, I also had my identity card with me, my police identity card, that was my part of the operation, was to move on the perimeter and try and keep people out of the target area. I had my identity card with me to use in case I should see people and just ...
MR MABOTE: I made it clear in my application that I left them in the township, I left them with Comrade Sam and Comrade Lucky. Thereafter they took them to the stadium where all members of self defence unit handed over all their firearms. I was present at the stadium when they were handed over, ...
The applicant applies for amnesty in respect of the torture of several people and also in respect of an incident which took place near Willowvale on 21st January 1987.
In 1980, as a member of both the Black Students Society and the South African Student Organisation, he participated at a gathering in a protest rally near Bosmont, Gauteng. The rally related to unequal and racially based education. This was in transgression of the Riotous Assemblies Act in that ...
I am just wondering if you could just, to me and to everybody else, give us a picture of what was actualy happening on that campus, on that day. Was it that the police just came on and started attacking people without any provocation, or was there something else going that made the police came on ...
Shortly after a bomb explosion in Krugersdorp in which an activist, Hein Grosskopf, was a suspect the Applicant assisted in unlawfully entering into and searching the parental home of the suspect and their holiday home with a view to obtaining more information.  The people involved was his ...
Lester, the Deputy Director of Operations of APLA gave commands as to the general policy of the activities related to APLA units.  The general policy was to drive white people from land because it did not belong to them.  The occupants of land were legitimate targets.  These attacks would ...
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