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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 461 to 480 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 Next Page•Last Pagethe 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 ... 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? CHAIRPERSON: Near Eshowe. I'm asking you this because we are going to see if we can obtain figures as to attacks in that area over that period. 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. ... 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 ... 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. ... 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 ... what he didn't know and what he would not have done unless I was specifically involved in the incident. What I do know is that where it came to the attacks on the ANC across border and the London incident being one, I know that General Coetzee approved and allowed us and in fact commanded us to ... CHAIRPERSON: Was it not the people who took part in the pipe bomb attacks that went home? MR KLOPPERS: The purpose was for the guerilla fighters because we acted in small groups. The guerilla fighters had to use these weapons in their attacks. MR BOOYENS: What form did attacks on houses take, arson etc? ... 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 ... In 1990, that is when the attacks started to happen within the trains from members of the IFP attacking members of the train sector. Many comrades were murdered in trains. Even myself, I'm one of the victims or survivors within the train violence. Therefore we saw that it was important that we ... MR DE KOCK: Yes, we went with quite a large Force, because aside from the MK members we could also have expected other attacks. These incidents occurred during the period 1982 - 1994 in the Witwatersrand area. The targets of these attacks were left-wing activists, the United Democratic Front ("UDF") personnel and leaders as well as persons regarded as playing a leading role in the political struggle against the ... ... during this hearing. Furthermore MK operated from outside South Africa and conducted an armed struggle against the then State. Much of the attacks were directed at military targets. The latter however also took steps to counter MK ... MR RAMUSHWANA:: Yes we had received information from our counterparts in South Africa then that there was a possibility of attacks by the members of the military wing of either the ANC or PAC. dispute about their political membership. According to the Applicants they all belonged to an underground MK unit which carried out a number of attacks on selected targets inside the country. The Applicants have testified that Dumakude was the first in command of the unit and Dube the ... The so-called Omega attacks on left-wingers and their property and the casting of blame therefore on right-wing organisations - 1977 up to 1984. |