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right-wing attacksExplanation I do not possess the information that you require with regard to casualties sustained in such attacks or the involvement of the SAP in cross-border raids and suggest that you approach the relevant authorities in this regard. ... the IFP. Themba Khosa was the chairperson of the IFP in the Vaal Triangle. The IFP used KwaMadala Hostel as a base from which they would launch attacks on residents of the township. ... MR BOOYENS: We have already, thanks to my colleague Mr Jansen, heard that shortly before the death of Mr Kondile there was also an explosion in Port Elizabeth so that these bomb attacks had already taken place there? stated, there were other cases such as Khotso House and I cannot state directly which case came first, but in the Security Branch there were counter-attacks where we acted against organisations, so sometimes it wasn't such a drastic instruction but where we did damage places and property and ... ... the tip of the iceberg of his applications. Has he applied for other matters, because I notice from his application form, he restricts it to four attacks on ANC members in Sekomo Vally on the 28th, 29th and 30th of November ... ... Mr Sedibe caused much unrest in Swaziland and that he was afraid for his life because he was so high up in the MK structures and he always awaited attacks from the RSA which would be launched against him. And that it why he was all - it was known that he never spent the night twice in the same ... MR MALINDI: Thank you Mr Lax. Mr Nosenga, you testified that you went on a few attacks launched from kwaMadala, for example the Sebokeng attack, Small Farms, Everton and Boipatong. ... It is the applicants' response to the charge that at the time it was their duty to protect their leaders from both actual and possible future attacks. In their view, at the time these included acts of retaliation and pre-emptive attacks. They accept that it was not the policy of the ANC ... ... the matter, we are satisfied that Applicant's participation in the support furnished to MK units by the Special Operations Command contributed to attacks eventually carried out by these operatives. As such, Applicant would in our view have incurred legal liability for any of these attacks. We ... Amnesty is further GRANTED to Francis Pitsi and George Mathe for unlawful possession of unlicensed firearms, namely an AK47 and a Makarov Pistol, respectively during the period relevant to the aforementioned attacks. Kulman testified that he was involved in two (2) farm attacks in the Zastron farming area. In the 1st attack it was himself, Roger and Induna. Kleintjie had already done the reconnaissance and informed them that there were no people who occupied the house. White farmers in the area were believed ... which took place in Natal over a period of time in terms of the intensity of the violence, in other words bomb explosions, this diminished but armed attacks, hand grenade attacks, such things increased and reached a high point in terms of statistics during 1992 and 1993 and against whom were these ... longer in the police. But the point remains that I was trying to make a distinction in this Committee between covert and clandestine activities and attacks and overt, open military attacks and why, why did the State make sometimes make open military attacks and sometimes order covert and ... MR BERGER: Thank you Chairperson. Chairperson, this amnesty hearing concerns attacks which were carried out by the Transvaal Urban Machinery of Umkhonto weSizwe. The first applicant, General Nyanda, is presently the Chief of the South African National Defence Force. He will be giving evidence in ... ... circumstances. He testified that there was enormous pressure on the security police at that stage to curb and prevent land mine and limpet mine attacks. Politicians and members of the public blamed the police for not protecting civilians and for their failure to prevent these attacks. He ... This causes serious problems. The Committee is aware of the fact that the IFP constantly denied and still denies, that they ordered or approved any attacks on the ANC. They deny that it was at any stage part of their policy to engage in warfare or attacks on a political enemy. If amnesty should ... ... incident, in my amnesty application I referred to the fact that during 1986, between February and May, I was involved in an extensive number of attacks on the residences of activists. This included approximately 30 petrol bomb attacks and approximately 10 bomb attacks with manufactured bomb ... ... that the attack on Ngcobo's house which resulted in Mr Cele being killed and Mr Ngcobo sustaining injuries, was as a result of a chain of attacks and counter -attacks by and between the ANC and the IFP for a political control over Shobashobane. ... After breaking his cover, Williamson, who was then dubbed "The Master Spy" was seconded to Security Police Headquarters where he, with the rank of major, served under the direct command of Colonel Goosen, who according to the evidence, initiated and ordered the attacks on the Schoons and Ruth First. DR NAIDOO: Well, as the Chairman would know, the Committee would know that the instance of heart attacks or precipitated heart attacks is higher in stress situations, so that would be the circumstances under which, as I know it, this deceased, the alleged deceased here, alleged individual was ... |
