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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 501 to 520 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 Next Page•Last PageIn the four operations briefly described above, the applicants believed that their attacks were directed against policemen who, as part of the security system of the previous government were regarded as the enemy of the people. The attack on the Steak Restaurant in Claremont was aimed at the white ... JUDGE MOTATA: Contrast this with the attacks, counter attacks if I may call it that, of the IFP at Zenzele, I think you said, by the residents who were largely affiliated to the ANC within Daveyton, that when those attacks were done, it was clear that this is a retaliation that the IFP people were ... ... 1991. The residents, who were mostly aligned to the African National Congress (ANC) were required to develop a vigilance on the farm because of attacks on the residents by members of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). These attacks were politically motivated. This resulted in regular patrols ... "There was no doubt regarding the fact that ANC/MK members were launching attacks on the RSA, which had been planned and orchestrated in Swaziland, particularly landmine attacks in rural areas, as well as limpet mine attacks in restaurants, during which many innocent persons were killed and ... MR MALAN: I think the question is really, you talk about the attacks on your home but you're not saying in your statement that Mr Cele was involved in these attacks. So the question is, why do you tell us about the attacks? schools and attacks on the homes of policemen, attacks on persons, ... the Wembezi area. On the day of the incident he and other IFP members intended to travel by bus to Ulundi for an IFP gathering. During those days attacks on IFP members travelling in cars or busses to political meetings were not unusual because a situation akin to a war situation existed at the ... MS TANZER: Was any other persons convicted for the Sebokeng attacks, or the Zone 13 attacks? ... We alighted from the lorry. We fought with this group, shooting each other. They ran away and then we returned. We fought that way with our attacks and with their attacks. ... ... days that you were at this place, you know in this area, not necessarily confined to the address at which the whole thing happened, were there any attacks on police officers in that area that you know of? If you don't know you say, you know: "I don't know of any attacks on police officers" or ... MR ROSSOUW: Yes, but what I'm asking you is whether it was specifically said to you that he was involved in attacks of terrorism and specifically attacks during which policemen had been killed? The Applicant is therefore GRANTED amnesty for the attacks on the 23rd and 24th April 1994 on the Msboyazofe and Bhuyafuti hostels respectively, which attacks were carried out by the launching of rockets into the hostels, as well as for the illegal possession of two Bazooka rocket launchers ... ... with his parents. The Trial Court accepted that at that time there was a climate of violence in Kwamakhuta. There were factions in each area and attacks and counter-attacks between these factions was common place. The applicant resided in an IFP area. He says he was a member of the Inkatha ... ... to page 3 of Exhibit E, paragraph 3 thereof, you say that you as a Bomb Disposal Unit member, investigated various incidents including motor bomb attacks. Can you just in short explain to the Committee what was the extent of the experience that you had with bomb attacks, especially in this ... ... objectives. At the relevant time APLA was still engaged in the armed struggle and regarded all whites as supporters of the Apartheid Government. Attacks of this nature were aimed at impressing on whites the need to abandon their support for the Government of the time and to make it clear that ... MR PRETORIUS: Chairperson, at that stage in Soweto, there was a heavy onslaught, specifically with regard to handgrenade attacks. Handgrenade attacks were the order of the day in Soweto, during that time, Chairperson. ... the dimension of conflict at the traditional and rural level was very brutal, all out war. It was not based on a frame of modern reason. Revenge attacks were actually daily occurrences. These were not revenge attacks of a non-political nature or of a personal nature. They were at the centre ... ... the date given by the applicants in their testimony at the amnesty hearing) violence broke out between members of the two parties characterised by attacks and counter-attacks resulting in the death of a number of people. In the course of this conflict and on 12 April 1992, Spatelie Poswa, a ... ... forward and talk about these. I said earlier on that we have informed all the people, the alleged perpetrators mentioned but clearly there were attacks on councillors in this area. There were attacks on police officers in this area. We haven’t heard any stories from them. The deadline for ... ... days that you were at this place, you know in this area, not necessarily confined to the address at which the whole thing happened, were there any attacks on police officers in that area that you know of? If you don't know you say, you know: "I don't know of any attacks on police officers" or ... |