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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 Page... Solomon Moroape and Derrick Skosana turned up at the applicant's house. According to him they brought their own weapons and were sent to carry out attacks on enemy agents. In this connection they mentioned the name of Johannes Shabangu as being one of them. As a result of this an attack on the ... ... detainee. The 16th June date was just four days away and in the past it was a date where actions were taken against the government - protests, attacks in that period of time and this death could have resulted in an intensifying of actions aimed at the government of the ... An armed group of more than 60 men, including the Applicants, proceeded to Towlendeni where the attacks were to be launched. The first Applicant, Gumbi was armed with a 9mm pistol, a shotgun and a spear, while the second Applicant, Zuma, was armed with a spear. ... because the ANC were convinced that the deceased and Sitofu were informers of the IFP. They had been used by the IFP to intensify and increase the attacks on ANC members. The ANC wished to safeguard its members from being killed by the IFP. The killing of the deceased was part of the ... 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? Were you ever arrested and tried in respect of these two attacks? 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? 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 ... ... 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 ... MR NDLOVU: I also thank you, Sir. Mr Ndlovu, you have quite a history and I think it would be best if you tell us first a little bit abour yourself, your background and what actually led to all of these attacks taking place against you. MR BOOYENS: What form did attacks on houses take, arson etc? ... 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 ... MS MTANGA: Can you give us some information on the hostel dwellers that you'd been referring to who had been attacking your community, as to which hostel dwellers were these? Where were these hostels found in Diepkloof, and how were these attacks carried out? ... 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 ... attacks on policemen's houses and your general involvement in politics". MR THULO: Thank you, Chairperson. In terms of my knowledge, these ANC or MK were using Lesotho as a springboard for their attacks against South Africa. MR MBANDAZAYO: And you were also involved in three to four other operations, mostly farm attacks? ... would sit around them. Those are other groups of people that were shot at and I'm not aware whether they got injured or died as a result of those ... ... attack and the killing of Mduduzi. Applicant urged the members to fight back and attack with the same precision that the opponent executed their attacks. Applicant's opinion was that as it appeared that their opponents were attempting to finish them off, the best form of defence was to attack ... MR NKOSI: Those people were harassing us at our place of residence. As we were SDU members we decided to launch attacks against the Khumalo gang. We wanted to removed Khumalo because Khumalo was harassing us. |