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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 361 to 380 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 15 •16 •17 •18 •19 •20 •21 •22 •23 Next Page•Last PageADV DE JAGER: You are also aware that there were attacks on police officers? 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 ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... MR DOLO: Yes, I did report reports if there were attacks or whatever. ... 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 ... Also I was to launch attacks in order to achieve maximum propaganda during issues such as strikes boycotts etc. CHAIRPERSON: Thank you. Mr Sibiya, after this incident, to your knowledge, I know that you were arrested soon after that, but to your knowledge, were there any further attacks of PAC persons by the ANC? MS NHLAYISI: Did you understand the question? When you were a member of the SDUs and your comrades were launching attacks or were defending your community, were you in agreement with what they were doing? "Seeing that this was a big job (the proposed assassination of Messrs. Padayachee and Khan and Zodwa) and previous 3 attacks went according to plan Ndaba brought back a sum of R5000 to us and said that Zuma sent this to us as an incentive for good work. Warrant officer Ramdas, Williams, ... ... that he may have been involved in the, if not the perpetrating of the acts against them but at least in giving some information which led to the attacks on their ... ... him with an assortment of sharp objects. He also hit Ngema with a panga, but did not establish whether both had died in consequence of such attacks. It is now common cause that both Ngema and Ntombela were amongst the persons who were found dead in the vicinity of the hostel shortly ... ... idea of repossession but it was not well structured. Some cadres came and he even made an example that what you make with an offensive unit that attacks and during that they see money, are you saying they must leave the money and say: "We are not charged with this"? He says that was untidy, ... ... because he said, uttered statements like "that white man, Joe Slovo, would be killed if he were to come here in Port St Johns". There were some attacks that were launched by the PAC members. This started on Pumulela Hermans and this attack happened in January 1994. He managed to get away ... |
