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right-wing attacks

Explanation
Prior to February 1990, violations committed by members of right-wing organisations took the form of isolated attacks with a strong racist character. During the early 1990s, members of right-wing organisations, perceiving themselves to be placed under siege by the process of constitutional negotiations for a democratic dispensation, carried out a large number of attacks aimed at securing the political interests of conservative Afrikaners. Isolated racist attacks on individuals were replaced by mass demonstrations and orchestrated bombing and sabotage campaigns. Between April 1993 and May 1994, right-wing groups engaged in a range of activities to disrupt the negotiations process then underway, and later to destabilise the electoral process. Many of these acts were directed against persons perceived to be supporters and leaders of the ANC, the SACP, the UDF, the PAC and the National Party, and resulted in gross violations of human rights. Violations of a purely racial character were also carried out against black people. During the pre-election period, the AWB and other right-wing organisations engaged in a bombing campaign with the aim of derailing the electoral process. The objective of these activities was to move towards 'overthrowing' the National Party government and to establish a Boererepubliek (Boer republic) and volkstaat. Public areas such as taxi ranks, bus stops and railway stations were targeted, as were private residential and business premises of those associated with the ANC or the unfolding democratic order. State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all. A number of formerly 'white' schools were bombed. The campaign involved many acts of sabotage, some of which led to the loss of life.

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There were continuous attacks on police stations and on members and their houses. Structures collapsed and I believed that by doing this, this revolutionary violent onslaught against the State could be stopped.
MR LEWIN: Because there were similar attacks which followed after 1981. For instance, there was the bomb attack in Bulawayo, there was also the bomb attack in Harare where Jeremy Brickl was nearly killed. He particularly has done quite a lot of work in trying to follow-up and trace the links. Did ...
MR ENGELBRECHT: The circumstances and the time when the arrest was made and the explosions that occurred and the time for example the 16th of June was around the corner, and it is now Youth Day, that was Soweto Day then, and usually they had attacks at that time.
... Force, during the CODESA negotiations in the country, so that we can come back with the necessary information if it comes to a push and so that the attacks could be possible for the masses. So I went to the Army with the same understanding, but my unfortunate is that I was not matured enough ...
... But I submit, on proportionality as to what was to be achieved, Mr Chairman, in deterring and giving the message back to the ANC that these attacks cannot continue in the manner that you are continuing, that we will also take drastic measures, Mr Chairman, that was certainly not out of ...
... mainly patrols of the military as well as the police, as well as farmers connected to the Security network. Where possible, they had to avoid also attacks on ordinary farmers and ordinary workers on the farms, although that was going to be difficult, but these were the guidelines that we gave ...
MR SALIE: Your Honour, my job as the Commander of the Detachment was to plan co-ordinated attacks. The blast at the Bontheuwel Rent Office happened simultaneously with two other blasts in the Peninsula that night and it was aimed at showing opposition to the Municipal elections, it was aimed at ...
were two applications pertaining to bombings of a general nature. The one concerned petrol bombings and the other one concerned other kinds of bomb attacks. That was contained in Schedule 17, you will recall we dealt with that right at the beginning. In respect of Schedule 17, you will see that ...
... to reply to the question, where there were a lot of bombings and towards the end of 1998/beginning of '89, the tendency had changed somewhat to attacks on people with firearms and with handgrenades. There were less bombings. In fact, we heard that evidence already at the last hearing where ...
Also I was to launch attacks in order to achieve maximum propaganda during issues such as strikes boycotts etc.
... must just forget about the matter and put it to rest. So, we sort of avoided talking about the situation. And whenever we talk about this, his attacks would start, because he is sickly. He doesn't really look as if he is perfectly normal. I don't know what happened to him, he is a ...
... it's membership in those areas and the residents in general who lived in those areas, these mechanisms were designed to defend those people from attacks by other groupings. It was explained that it was necessary to establish what is now known as self defence units because and in particular ...
ADV DE JAGER: You are also aware that there were attacks on police officers?
... say, "This boy is a known killer, he's been involved in violence, here are all the witnesses", the people who told you that he had been involved in attacks on them, and hand him straight over? You had the witnesses with you, according to your ...
MR DOLO: Yes, I did report reports if there were attacks or whatever.
the killings, attempted killing and possessing unlicensed firearm and ammunition, the context in which it occurred, in particular, the fact that the attacks were directed at political opponents, we are satisfied that the killings and attempted killings were associated with a political objective as ...
... level for the ordinary policeman such as yourself and you finish on page 11 where you state that in paragraph 21, where you refer to numerous bomb attacks which took place all over the country during which injury and damage to property took place. You say in paragraph 21 that weapons and ...
... to protect South Africa against a communist take over or alternatively to prevent the country and its people being overcome by a series of attacks, both military or political in nature for instance, international sanctions, boycotts and ...
MR MBHELE: I regarded him as a danger, because he had information on how we camped and would be responsible for attacks on us, I decided that I should eliminate him for that reason.
MR NGUBENI: I regard my action as politically motivated, because on my arrival from exile, I assisted the community in combatting attacks from the Third Force, and we discovered that there were vehicles that were used to shoot and kill people when they held funerals and such things. In that ...
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