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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 221 to 240 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 8 •9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 Next Page•Last PageMR SIBISI: What I knew is that Lombo, he was a warlord on the Inkatha side and most of the attacks where families were killed and properties burnt, Lombo was also in front of such attack. MR SIBEKO: Now you stated that you also participated in the acts of violence, would you tell us if possible, exactly where and when were you actively involved in the attacks or in the defence, as you might wish to call it? ... was to send a message to those who wanted to kill ANC members that this would not be tolerated. Subsequent to this incident there were no further attacks on members of the ANC at ... ... instance where a weapons cache was established for the CCB at Krugersdorp and which led the following day to this find of this cache and led to the attacks in Zambia and in Zimbabwe and in Botswana where several persons were killed and facilities were ... MR MANDLAZI: Yes, we would use those vehicles when carrying out certain attacks, depending on the area that we were going to attack. For instance if the terrain was not good, we would use Casspirs. Applicant's own assessment was that due to their actions, fewer members of the community were killed as the attacks on the township abated soon after the victims were attacked. KOCK: No, Chairperson, there were incidents at Piet Retief and Amsterdam. In fact there were two incidents at Piet Retief. We launched a myriad of attacks on a cross-border basis. The nature and scope of our operations were all very serious and I attempted to reflect as far as possible the ... CHAIRPERSON: Was it just an informal sort of an effort on the part of the Lusaka-B community to protect themselves against these attacks? ... were often allegations in the media and other places of several incidents where there were alleged that the powers of the State were involved with attacks on activists, the killing of activists, is that ... ... very important that we should make this clear for the purposes of these hearings. Can you for a start explain to the Committee why then in certain attacks petrol bombs were used and otherwise bombs with ... MR LAMEY: And then the specific information came through via Intelligence reports from Ladybrand that over the festive season certain attacks were being planned. ... are four applicants but only three will be because Phila Dolo will not be featuring in this application because he was not involved in the farm attacks, he was involved in the Ficksburg area and they have already been heard, his application. What I think was somebody who was supposed to be ... ... played a central role in the Self Defence Units, in fact the Self Defence Units were a creation of all those communities who were undergoing severe attacks from the forces and powers that be. So in essence the Self Defence Units were as a result of the communities themselves, deciding that they ... MR ZUMA: They were very wild and they were doing mock attack on the security that was deployed in front of Shell House at the time and they would launch mock attacks on the security and they would tear placards for elections that were in front of Shell House. MR KOOPEDI: Were you, when you executed these attacks, I am referring to the two of them, did you consider that there might be other people in their company? CHAIRPERSON: Yes I don't know if you can, but the question is how many of these type of incidents that you are referring to with attacks on the police you were engaged in as a member of the SDU, was this a frequent thing or just a few isolated incidents or what, just give us an idea? The regions affected by train violence were particularly the East Rand, Soweto, and the Johannesburg area. Originally, attacks were primarily confined to trains travelling between Johannesburg and Soweto, between Germiston and Katlehong, and between Germiston and Johannesburg, but later they ... MR PRIOR: Mr Mbandazayo, I think let's, we're going to do the farm attacks as part of that hearing when we're going to do them all together I understand, so let's not lead evidence now that we would end up duplicating unnecessarily. Let's restrict ourselves to this issue. So there are really ... MR BERGER: You say in your amnesty application at page 94, that apparently the attack was decided upon for the 14th of June, because there was information that the ANC was planning a large-scale infiltration on the 16th of June, to launch attacks within South Africa. ... knocking the hell out of targets in neighbouring states, when the head of our security apparatus believes that these targets are used for terror attacks on South Africa, but if that is our total response to the situation, then we in South Africa are dooming ourselves to a future of increasing ... |
