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right-wing attacks

Explanation
Prior to February 1990, violations committed by members of right-wing organisations took the form of isolated attacks with a strong racist character. During the early 1990s, members of right-wing organisations, perceiving themselves to be placed under siege by the process of constitutional negotiations for a democratic dispensation, carried out a large number of attacks aimed at securing the political interests of conservative Afrikaners. Isolated racist attacks on individuals were replaced by mass demonstrations and orchestrated bombing and sabotage campaigns. Between April 1993 and May 1994, right-wing groups engaged in a range of activities to disrupt the negotiations process then underway, and later to destabilise the electoral process. Many of these acts were directed against persons perceived to be supporters and leaders of the ANC, the SACP, the UDF, the PAC and the National Party, and resulted in gross violations of human rights. Violations of a purely racial character were also carried out against black people. During the pre-election period, the AWB and other right-wing organisations engaged in a bombing campaign with the aim of derailing the electoral process. The objective of these activities was to move towards 'overthrowing' the National Party government and to establish a Boererepubliek (Boer republic) and volkstaat. Public areas such as taxi ranks, bus stops and railway stations were targeted, as were private residential and business premises of those associated with the ANC or the unfolding democratic order. State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all. A number of formerly 'white' schools were bombed. The campaign involved many acts of sabotage, some of which led to the loss of life.

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MR WASSERMAN: The amount of MK activities in Natal and the expose of MK's activities in Natal in the form of bomb attacks, assassinations on SAP members and personnel and people that were not sympathetic to the ANC, and members of the SAP had a profound effect on me.
MR VAN DEN BERG: Thank you Mr Chairperson. The power stations, those attacks, was it before or after or during the time that Ms Simelane was in detention?
... during the time of conflict and political violence at the time. We were not engaged in a conventional war where the sides could be identified and attacks were limited against visible enemies. It was an unconventional war situation as was explained by Gen Steyn in his evidence. During this ...
MR PRINSLOO: Very well. But were you aware that there were many differences between ANC and IFP in Piet Retief and that there were attacks? Unfortunately I do not have the documents before me, but I think the incident of Mr Msibi was in 1991, and thereafter several incidents took place, during ...
MR RICHARD: Thank you. Now, in the documentation alluded to in the various papers and there's the statement, revenge attacks, I presume your answer to the question whether this was a revenge attack or not, is the same as the one as to whether it was retaliatory?
MR MALAN: And you brought in order to make it available to people to, in terms of police, continue attacks?
While in exile we lived in constant fear of attacks in Maputo, even in East Berlin where we were quite secure, there were a number of threats on our lives. I think I have said enough, I would like my brothers and sisters to make their contribution.
... into Angola at that time, the combating of terrorism by the South African Police in the then South West, now Namibia, since already 1962, the then attacks, terror, acts of terror of 1966, particularly during the month of November at the border gate when two MK members of the ANC were arrested ...
... in front of Shell House and every time they were opposite the entrance of Shell House they would stop for a bit and do some dances and do mock attacks, so they would run forward and just stop before they could put their foot on the platform, on the pavement of where Shell House starts and ...
my wife is ... it’s taken twenty years out of our lives, this issue. It was not funny at all and even now he’s got a lot of chances of having heart attacks, strokes and all this. There’s a lot to take into consideration and the medical side is a terrible issue because he’s now suffering with all ...
As I talked to you, when it attacks me I stayed three or four days not going outside and I cannot even urinate. I have never given birth since that time and I am a married wife - I don't have any child in my marriage, because the child that I have now is the one that I got out of marriage. MS ...
1B against attacks from those who were in conflict with Inkatha. Is that correct? --- Yes.
... I also had to flee my home, then go into hiding. Therefore the reason we went to rob the shop was because we needed firearms. Were it not for the attacks we suffered we would have had no reason to do ...
Here you have information that there is going to be the bleakest Christmas we have known, there are going to be attacks, your Commissioner of Police knows about this, Coetzee said yes, he knew about the threat, he goes on holiday to Port Edward, he is a phone call away and van der Merwe, who is ...
MR DU PLESSIS: Well Mr Chairman my exhibit is marked wrongly. So I was enquiring exactly which is the right exhibit. I would request Mr Bizos to leave personal attacks out of this.
solve the one problem but it has just occurred to us that your remarks raise other issues as well because there are many, many cases of bombings and attacks on property, where no doubt there will be allegations made that those people at least believed that their actions were accepted by ...
... And furthermore, you said when violence started you were not affected and when these people were from wherever they were, be it for purposes of attacks or whatever, you started getting affected, which people are you talking about here, is it part of the community that you referred to or from ...
MR TEKANE: The instructions were that we must form units that would protect the units from the attacks of unknown third forces. Now we were supposed to select people who had been to school, who were not involved in criminal activities, people who we trusted that they would be in a position to use ...
MR VISSER: Well, there is clearly a difference in the situation, and frankly, if they knew that the information that they were given, was definitely going to lead to attacks, well, then obviously they would be socius criminis, but that's got nothing to do with the application before you today.
... a large-scale in Swaziland. To my opinion there was a large-scale offence which was being planned, which would include acts of terrorism and bomb attacks within the RSA, and I believed that it was vital for us to apprehend these persons in order to obtain information so that we could determine ...
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