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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 DU PREEZ: I believed to obtain information that the government or the former government could place in a position that they could still govern or they could still protect the interest of the people who were usually their targets of attacks, to help them and protect them. MR SIBEKO: Were you involved in any incident of violence where attacks were launched between the members of the Self Defence Unit and/or the IFP members? "Although my wife and I were personally targeted for attacks, I did not act out of malice or personal vengeance. You home, where was it at the time and then where were you staying to try and avoid these attacks from your opposition organisation? ... 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. The street committees is the only structure that decided that we need to have something to defend ourselves after numerous attacks had happened in that area. 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 ... 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. CHAIRPERSON: Was it just an informal sort of an effort on the part of the Lusaka-B community to protect themselves against these attacks? ... 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. The first half of 1961, on instruction from the District Commander of Bizana to help out with several investigations in connection with the unrest and at that stage there was a proclaimed State of Emergency in that area because of attacks on traditional leaders, meaning Captains and Chiefs. 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. Incidents such as car bomb explosions, limpet mine and handgrenade attacks and other acts of terror which members of the Police and their families, as well as ordinary civilians, were exposed to over a lengthy period of time would lead to a hardening of attitudes and that a creation of a climate ... ... and your neighbour. Is there anything which took place between the ANC and the IFP where you were staying? Maybe you got involved in those attacks. --- No, I was helping the ANC instead, because I would be taken by members of the ANC and they would say I should go and talk to the ... We did not start the war in South Africa, we just participated in it. It has to be said that the actions of the South African Forces were reactionary to the attacks that were launched at the government by the revolutionaries. CHAIRPERSON: What were the women saying, who was responsible for the attack or the attacks on all those houses? 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? 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 ... |
