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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 Pagewere 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 ... ... 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 ... ADV DE JAGER: You are also aware that there were attacks on police officers? ... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... JUDGE WILSON: In your application you have repeatedly said you were not guilty, you didn't know anything about the attacks. 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. attacks and in the course of which innocent children are MR DOLO: Yes, I did report reports if there were attacks or whatever. 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 ... 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 ... CAPT HECHTER: Yes, at that stage we operated in that fashion. Most of our attacks, the ANC would ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. 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. MS VAN DER WALT: And then it says the resistance plan was countered by internal attacks and failed as a result of internal fighting amongst the right wing groups? ... 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 ... |
