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right-wing attacksExplanation ... and these were Inkatha members' cars. They dumped the body at the roadside and people alerted others that there was a body by the roadside. These attacks and abductions took place, and they continued up until one day there was going to be a final exam at a certain school, and the students who ... Cele said that it was decided to kill the deceased because he had been involved in the attacks on their area by Inkatha supporters who wanted to turn it into an Inkatha stronghold and in the death of Sandile Biyase; and he had admitted knowledge of further planned attacks. Furthermore, as someone ... MR PANDAY: And was the - you mentioned you were facing your foes regularly, now what sort of attacks, or were there physical attacks being made against the people of kwaMakutha? ... going to find IFP supporters in the street and go and shoot them. Then under cross-examination he said: "No, I took this gun to protect us from attacks against the IFP because there was trouble in Tigane." Now when that evidence was given, I was under the impression that Tigane was over the ... country even though there was a general danger in Zambia, in Mozambique, in Lesotho, in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Tanzania. The danger was there, attacks were taking place in normal military attacks so this was - the whole area was dangerous to live in but I did not regard Lubango as an area ... We accept that they acted as they did because they believed they had to do so to protect further attacks. It is also clear that the applicant and his group genuinely believed that the deceased was a police informer and an IFP supporter. The evidence discounts any possibility of malice on their ... ... own targets. The limpet mine was likewise on a zero setting. The very night after Mamasela handed the grenades to the activists several attempted attacks on the houses of police at different places on the East Rand occurred. One of the activists did not proceed with the operation and handed ... MR HUGO: You were not personally involved in those attacks in Botswana? ... further told that Ndlovu was some sort of financial leader, I mean he was some sort of leader in the area and that he was responsible for several attacks on the IFP homestead in the Sweetwaters region, and further, during March 1990, that one was the seven day war in Edendale, Ndlovu was one of ... MR JANSEN: Regarding other aspects of the Vlakplaas operations, there are a number which involved attacks on so-called safe houses or transit houses. These attacks frequently involved the penetration of such houses by armed Vlakplaas members, is that correct? MR WILLS: Now just around the time of the incident, the incident in respect of which Mr Mthembu is applying for amnesty, that is in September 1992, prior to that are you able to say whether or not you knew of Cosatu officials or ANC members having violent attacks directed toward them? MR MAHAMBANE: As to strategising as to how to best defend ourselves against these attacks. ... for personal gain. He did not know the identities of the victims and acted against them solely because they were IFP members or supporters. Such attacks were common and constituted an integral part of the political conflict between the ANC and IFP at the time. His actions were accordingly ... MR BENEKE: The nature of my service, my objective was at that stage to curb the infiltration of terrorists as well as attacks on the lives of human beings and State property and to attempt to prevent anarchy. MR DU PLESSIS: When I heard after the bomb, after attacks or explosions, the Germiston bomb and some of the pipe bomb attacks and I heard that people were killed. ... wish to conclude the evidence of the applicant Mr Gushu. Mr Gushu, yesterday you testified extensively about the murders, attempted murders and attacks on various people. You also mentioned that during the course of the attacks, you used on occasions a Makaroff pistol and AK47 rifles and ... MR MXHOSANA: Yes it was explained why we were at training that is (...indistinct). We were shown that the police are the support systems of the oppressive government because the police and soldiers were people who are supposed to be targeted for attacks. His duties were to identify the targets, do reconnaissance, provide the armaments to be used in the attacks, give orders for the attacks and report the results to Mphahlele. MR VAN DEN BERG: What I wanted to ask you is that in the light of the incident on the 15th of August and these subsequent series of attacks, what did you together with your fellow shop stewards do? d) attacks on security forces and related matters. |
