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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 State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all.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 VISSER: And was it also your opinion according to Col Coetzee's evidence here this morning, that there was a tremendous spate of attacks with explosives in 1986 and that the sentiment was that the probability was that these acts had found their origin in Swaziland?
JUDGE DE JAGER: Did you see anybody pouring petrol on any victim's body during all those attacks on the 11 houses and the nine people?
... ... but ultimately what it amounts to is reprehensible and even cowardly strategies by means of which people were killed by means of assassination attacks when they weren't even aware that there was such a plan against ...
MR BIZOS: Would - did you hear about damage of trade union property, trade union motor cars, attacks on trade unionists?
... as appears from the statement given by Advocate Sogget, in tabulating the charges for which they were found guilty? Because if we simply say the attacks on the bus and the tower, would it be picked up for those who, you know, keep these records? I just want some clarity ...
On the evening of the 25th of June 1985, I was informed by my Commander, Brig Delport, that that evening there would probably be several explosions or bomb attacks in the black areas mentioned above and I was placed on standby for visiting these scenes.
I'll rephrase to state: did you ever see Mr Msizi involved in attacks against the community?
MR VALLY: This Dr Hendriks who publicised claims of chemical attacks in Angola, he has been convicted of fraud in Belgian ...(intervention)
done to increase the ground value of the previously mentioned place and this what I regard as a bizarre idea of making it an independent state. The attacks by Mbokoto on the residents of Moutse are also, in my opinion, not launched to force them into that but to intimidate them and also terrify ...
and Rooi Els.  Hein Grosskopf was a fugitive from justice at the time and was suspected by the Security Police of having perpetrated a number of attacks inside South Africa.  The burglaries were undertaken in an attempt to obtain information that could be utilised to arrest Mr Grosskopf or ...
... prevent the attack. During February 1990 the area in which the applicant lived was attacked by the IFP on three occasions. In the course of these attacks, which were carried out in the presence of the police, some UDF members and some IFP members were killed and a number of houses were burnt ...
The applicant states that his motive in committing the offences was to enable him to make direct attacks against racially mixed schools and churches with the view to derailing the government in the democratisation process it was pursuing.
... on an officer of the TRC, I'm here to act as an officer, to assist the TRC Mr Chairman, I'm subjected continuously to personal abuse and personal attacks by the witnesses, Mr Chairman. With great respect, I ask your ...
MR MARAIS: We believed at that stage, and I want to underline this, that this was the beginning of the onslaught against Whites. We could see afterwards that there were a number of attacks, and we all know about this which became worse and worse. We knew that it wouldn’t help to demonstrate.
... in Swaziland, we know, we have heard from Pretorius that afterwards Sergeant Langa was indeed sent to Swaziland and where he received weaponry for attacks in South Africa, that he had brought the weapons from ...
MR RICHARD: What I’m trying to understand is, is your answer that special operations had special types of targets against which acts of, attacks should be committed, such as strategic plants, engineering, mining, police, military?
... the people of King William's Town and the Border regions and the neighbouring parts to try and protect themselves and defend themselves against the attacks from the government of Brigadier Gozo. And the only enemy was the African National Congress. The only enemy of the government. At the time ...
MR RAMASITSI: We were afraid that he was going to burn our kraals as he was renown for his aggressive attacks. So from there we waited for him until we realised that he's not coming, then in the morning we conveyed to our different places. So when we were at our place, they found that the youth, ...
MS MAKHUBELE: Attacks?
It is my submission that attacks similar to these facilitated what used to be known as the Codesa negotiations. It is such
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