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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 741 to 760 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 •41 •42 Next Page•Last PageHe said he was a member of the ANC and as a result joined the local Self Defence Unit (SDU) in order to protect the community. The SDU, he said, needed firearms to equip themselves in order to defend the community against IFP attacks. ... I saw a Hippo parking at my gate, and children were assaulted. There were some of the comrades who were guarding me every night because of the attacks that were done on me. When I looked at this situation of these children being assaulted I went to the policemen and I said, "What do you ... At St Pauls Church in Jabavu as the assaults by police on children in schools spread and the police supported attacks by hostel dwellers on township residence increased, a war of physcosis showed itself. The weekly reports by parishioners to the congregation at the end of Sunday services showed ... ... also - the political climate in that area and the background should also be taken into account. It was a very violent time, there were a lot of attacks from various groups on each other and although it might not have been the official policy of the IFP to instruct its members or supporters to ... Comrade McBride had discussed with me a number of targets, including attacks on an armed personnel carrier, police casspir and the attach on policemen, the attack on Labour Party collaborators and the attack on police reservists. ADV BOSMAN: But according to your statement and your evidence, your orders were to establish underground units. Did that also entail an order for attacks? ... applicant for an assault, a person could be charged with assault on a person unknown to the State. If one takes the case, for instance, of the dog attacks on certain people which were captured on video, if those people for instance could not be found but you had other evidence of an assault, the ... ADV PRINSLOO: Mr Van Eyck, are you aware that during the so-called onslaught against the country, use was made of all sections of the community to combat this onslaught and attacks by terrorists? Mr Nyawose, now that you've divulged all your participation and your role in the attacks during the killing of Mr Cele and the attempted murder of Mr Ngcobo, how do you feel now? ... the ANC, only a 10 year old did not know that the UDF was a front for the ANC. Through its foot-soldiers like the applicants applied its policy of attacks on hard targets, being inter alia the South African Police and the SA Defence Force and other reactionaries or perceived reactionaries like ... "My objectives were to undermine the former settler regime to use APLA offensive attacks and to secure and maintain the complete unit of the movement. Arms were given to my commander, Morapapa, and he is the one who knew what he did with them. I am yours, sincerely." In our view, it was of cardinal importance in the fact that both the PAC and APLA have acknowledged in their submissions to the TRC in 1996 and 1997 respectively, that the St James attacks was one of the authorised operations carried out by APLA. MR ROSSOUW: You also heard that he was supposedly involved in a cell, involved with attacks on black Policemen, etc. Did that become clear to you from the interrogation during the drive to Mamelodi and whilst you were driving around in Mamelodi? CHAIRPERSON: What is your comment, Ma'am? You see what Mr Lowies has put to you is that the applicants deny that there were any white men during the attacks, what do you say to that? ... just in that sense, what the idea was. The idea was that while there would be marches etc, by people in the labour field, there would be military attacks elsewhere to as it were, divide the forces of the Security Police, in order to be more effective with the marches, etc, which was actually ... The sole purposes - even police persons or soldiers themselves of areas like Ciskei and Boputhatswana, expected such attacks on them, for the sole purpose of seizing weaponry from them and that if they resisted they would be killed. The sole purposes of which was politically motivated, not ... MR AMEEN: So this change in attitude was a personal decision on you part to attack who you thought were enemies of AZAPO, to avenge attacks on AZAPO. In short, to take revenge. You were not acting on orders, but you were acting from what you felt was personally right. Is that correct? ... with regard to Mngomezulu's involvement in the infiltration of ANC into the Northern Natal platteland, the caching of arms and planned attacks. De Kock, as head of Vlakplaas at the time, had knowledge of these activities from security reports emanating from Northern Natal and ... MR DE KOCK: Chairperson, yes. I would just like to qualify by saying that some of the Botswana attacks were planned there and an attack in Swaziland was planned there, the Khanya House, Khotso House, Cosatu House, all those incidents were planned there, because it was an operational centre, the ... CHAIRPERSON: Have you heard of hearings that are conducted that some are cross-border attacks and normally those are applications by the Security Forces? |
