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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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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 ...
Mr Jardim died as a result of the shooting. The applicant took approximately R3000,00 from the till and he and his colleagues fled from the shop. While fleeing one of the applicant's colleagues shot at and wounded a person. The money obtained from the shop was later handed over to the said ...
Khumalo testified that he is currently serving a long term of imprisonment for two counts of murder, two of attempted murder and one of armed robbery for his participation in the Reservoir Hills armed robbery.  He was also involved in other incidents where people were killed.
MR NDLOVU: Okay. Due to the reason that I was young and the codes of conduct stated very well that a person should be 18 in order to join the SDU, I was given my task to make sure that every time when the people who were over 18 which were regarded as the battalion, every time they launch an ...
He testified that on the evening in question, he was at his home when he heard people shouting "Inkatha". He left his home carrying a sjambok towards the direction from where the noise came and in an open veld, he found a large group of about 500 people shouting "Let's kill them".
MR MATHIBA: We do not know, because he doesn't speak to people. But we hope that he will give us a piece of information. He transported him with his van to Sebong Hospital. He should just tell us what happened to our child.
MS MAYA: You were one of the people who were detained after the Ngquza incident. Is that so?
The facts in this application are very similar to those in that of Mdu John Msibi (Case No. 0624/96). The applicant herein was approached by the same people who had approached Mdu John Msibi, namely one Msibi and a constable Mkhwanasi. He also adds a certain Pienaar, who, like Mkhwanasi, was ...
Thereafter, on a date the applicant cannot remember, but between 30 November 1993 and 2 December 1993, a number of people gathered at Mr Mfayela's house. Mr Mfayela and an induna from Wosiyana planned an attack on the Sonkombo area. The attackers left in a number of vehicles and proceeded to ...
MR VISSER: And did you according to information which you had, it was in the interest and the maintenance of the State dispensation and people's lives and government property and did you associate yourself with this conduct and you say that in paragraph 6?
"As a chosen leader of the community of Mmamahabane Township, Ventersburg, I went to the municipal police offices to take the keys of the Administrator's office from the municipal police and hand it to the people to prohibit the racist Administrator to govern the people of the township. I planned ...
At sometime in 1991 he befriended two Mozambicans who were employed at a farm. (They, incidentally, were co-accused of the applicant at the time). They complained to him about being ill-treated by the farmer and having lost the work. He reported this to Mohale who, he said, told him to proceed ...
MR ROSSOUW: At any point did you find yourself in a situation where you had to confront people or possibly use your weapon?
CHAIRPERSON: Isn't the question simply, does the ANC accept responsibility? The purpose of that section as I understand it, is where there is a possibility of a finding being made and the people concerned do not want such a finding, they can make representations. If the purpose of the letter is ...
The applicant's evidence is that he, Derrick Skosana and one Solly Moroape attacked Shabangu's house on the instructions of his brother Joseph Nkuna. They were ordinary foot soldiers acting on his brother's orders. The brother was undoubtedly a senior person in the African National Congress. ...
JUDGE DE JAGER: We could declare him a victim if the offence or delict was associated with a political objective. Can you people assure us of that supposition?
ADV SANDI: And you mentioned that you want a tombstone on behalf of the people who were killed.
Applicants treated the petrol attendants very shabbily during the operation. Not once did they mention that they were Apla operatives, there to repossess money for the benefit of the organization. Instead, their statement to the attendants was that they wanted money. When asked, under cross ...
However in his viva voce evidence before us he stated that he wanted to kill the deceased inter alia, so as to intimidate ANC people into joining the IFP, because the deceased was brave and lead assaults and attacks on IFP supporters, because the deceased had told him he had made a vow to kill him ...
The applicant testified that as far as possible, the limpet mines were timed to go off at times when there were unlikely to be people around so as to try and avoid or minimise casualties and loss of life.  He said that unfortunately a person was injured in the explosion at the Pinetown Post ...
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