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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 901 to 920 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 Next Page•Last Page... was a lot of tension between the ANC, the police and the IFP. There was war going on. The IFP as well as the police were carrying out sporadic attacks on the members of the community to create a state of unrest. The community had no means of protecting ... ... to do with NUM. The activities of the victims and their group included harassing political activists within the applicant's group; for example the attacks on the house of Ms Mary-Agness Khunoane who was an active member of the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL). Many activists ... MR MSANI: I will use Zulu. Revenge attacks were against the policy of the ANC and the UDF. ... attack, people will come into the ANC offices, our offices as MK were in the office. When there are incidents where people are reporting about attacks, most of that information was referred to us as MK in the MK office, within the ANC ... MR SIBEKO: You only patrolled the area, no attacks were made or else whilst you were patrolling no shots were fired, nobody was caught and killed whilst you were patrolling, nothing happened, you just patrolled. Is that what you are saying? He was a member of the local Self-Defence Unit (SDU) at Thokoza and was issued a firearm to help protect the residents from political attacks raging in the area during 1994. MR KUNY: There was two attempts on Leratodi Ikaneng, an alleged, one instance he was shot and another instance his throat was cut. Do you have knowledge, hear-say or otherwise of these attacks on him? MS VAN DER WALT: You are now talking about information - it occurs to me that you must get the information to stop the attacks. Was that the primary goal of the Security Branch? ... you could not have had any other expectation other than that he would have killed him after that. Because what you just told us before about the attacks on the Transkei if it was found out that he had been interrogated, they would not let him go. They would have to kill him and you would know ... the ANC, who may have lost their lives, who may have been maimed as a result of ANC activities whether as result of bombings or landmines or gorilla attacks. I say that not to provide any justification for what the ANC may or may not have done because that is not the responsibility of the ... MS BURTON: And then immediately afterwards, there were several other attacks and other people died. It was really a terrible time in KTC. ... the door closed. She saw that an object approximately 6 inches long was in Mr de Bruin’s hands. She also stated that she was aware of petrol bomb attacks on houses and shops in the area. ... MR LAX: And you were asked by Ms Thabete about what other operations you were involved in and and from what I can see you were only involved in two other operations and both of them failed. Were you ever personally involved in any of the indiscriminate shootings and attacks? ... about through direct evidence and also through cross-examination, all three applicants have fully disclosed the relevant facts, material to the two attacks. I further wish to go on to say that from the very evidence that was adduced today in this hearing, it became very clear that no personal ... ... that the decision to bomb the hall in the ELC was prompted by information received from intelligence that the KTY were involved in terrorist attacks, that they planned to kill election candidates and that they planned to start a fire in Khayalitsha is not only unsubstantiated but is also ... ... of the commission of the crime referred to herein, members of the CDF were being attacked and killed by members and supporters of the ANC. These attacks were being carried out in retaliation for the Bisho massacre which occurred on the 7 September 1992. In the course of the ensuing conflict ... ADV SANDI: Did they take part in the attacks on ANC people? MR MBHELE: When these soldiers were killed the attacks on IFP people stopped. ... I am saying this was politically motivated because there was this animosity between the IFP and the ANC at the time. The ANC people were launching attacks on trains, many of my fellow brothers died in trains. We were making donations and contributions on a daily basis, sending corpses of our ... We talk about the identification of what the ANC termed legitimate targets in paragraph 25, the creation of no-go areas, in paragraph 26, and their attacks on government infrastructural targets during the sabotage phase in paragraph 27, which later became directed at persons, Chairperson, ... |