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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 241 to 260 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 Next Page•Last PageMR MADLALA: When we attacked, we directed the attacks to the IFP members, but we didn't have a list of names as to who, but we were attacking IFP members and we knew very well that there wasn't a single person who wasn't IFP. 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 ... ... policemen in general, and there is a distinction among three categories, the political objectives with regard to elimination, with regard to bomb attacks and with regard to interrogations. You also submitted other amnesty applications apart from the one that we are dealing with today, is that ... 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. ... 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 ... 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. ... 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 ... ... 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 ... 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? 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 BOTHA: Yes, very briefly. We were briefly referred to the fact that some of the attacks and murders of policemen on the East Rand, were a possible result of that, of the information that we had been provided with at that stage. 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? CHAIRPERSON: What were the women saying, who was responsible for the attack or the attacks on all those houses? 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? 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 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. 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. ... to have the successes of the Security Branch placed in the media. A third objective was to counter-act enemy propaganda and to give prominence to attacks against the community in the newspapers. How did we go about this? We firstly recruited journalists who supported our cause and thus created ... |
