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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 421 to 440 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 18 •19 •20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 Next Page•Last PageMR MPANZA: Sifiso left for Empangeni, he spent two days there. He returned and informed me that the situation was quite bad. The houses were being burnt, (indistinct) that these attacks were carried out by the IFP. MR DLAMINI: It was my aim to secure firearms, I thought that I could use the money to buy a firearm so that I would use it when I go on attacks. ... 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 ... 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 ... MR RADITAPOLE: Now if you could turn to Annexure G, that's the list of incidents, Annexure G. Annexure G then is that list of individual incidents related to attacks on Cosatu and individuals and so on. Do you have any knowledge about any of the incidents listed in there? ... companions who were seen to be fervently supporting the ANC and the PAC would be ousted. He states that at the time there were constant reports of attacks by PAC cadres on whites and military bases had been established in the Transkei. If the overthrow had been successful the SAP, and Vlakplaas ... 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. Were you ever arrested and tried in respect of these two attacks? CHAIRPERSON: Very well. Do you understand the question? You see you've told us that it was a mistake on your part when you spoke to the person who took the statement from you, to mention that Michael Ramakau was also present in the Sebokeng and Everton attacks, is that right? ... during 1993, most of the time there were community members who were ANC members as well and we were fighting with IFP members who used to launch attacks on comrades. Many a time out brothers would lose their lives or fellow comrades. That is when I decided to join and have an input towards ... ... testified that with passage of time the vigilante group, which initially had a criminal element, changed character and concentrated their attacks on political activists, especially the youth. He himself was a political activist, though obviously not part of the youth. He says there ... We are, after considering all the evidence, satisfied that both attacks were acts associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past. We are also satisfied that the applicants have made a full disclosure of all relevant facts and that their ... attacks and in the course of which innocent children are JUDGE WILSON: In your application you have repeatedly said you were not guilty, you didn't know anything about the attacks. MR SMIT: We discussed that we would build these bombs in Koesterfontein. These bombs had to be used in these bomb attacks and we had to use the equipment we had. 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 ... CAPT HECHTER: Yes, at that stage we operated in that fashion. Most of our attacks, the ANC would ... 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 ... During 1990 there was a significant decrease in explosions in public places, but the military struggle manifested itself in the attacks on certain person, especially in the struggle between the supporters of the ANC and the IFP. Accordingly the members of the Security Branch of Port Natal could ... |