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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 State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all.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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... and a comrade, Willy Maditsi, again managed to infiltrate the RSA through Swaziland towards the end of 1989 to prepare underground bases for future attacks on the RSA government. The Applicant, who was born on the farm Uitkyk near Bochum in the Pietersburg district, decided to operate in that ...
The Applicant said that he had obtained his own firearm because of the attacks by the IFP on his area and the need to defend his family. Yet he obtained the firearm and ammunition for it in 1989 and never used it against the IFP. He only used it in the "operations" that formed the gist of the ...
2. To destroy the military leader of Umkhonto weSizwe who by his own acknowledgement was responsible for the cold-blooded murders of elderly Whites, women and children and attacks on them and on our Security Force personnel.
MR LOTZ: If I can put it - it was very close to anarchy and total chaos, petrol bombs, the burning of vehicles, attacks on policemen and their houses and these happened on a daily basis.
... was using an AK and we said we've agreed that we shall come in but now what we should do is to go on and never go back because already there's been attacks and I lodged a counter attack as well. I will end ...
MS SEROKE: In your statement you say that at that time, the White people were indiscriminately attacking Blacks in Louis Trichardt do you think perhaps your brother was also a victim of those attacks?
They could have blown up the prison, the could have poisoned him, put poison in his soup for example. My instruction was to determine which chemical and biological weapons could be used against him and to protect him against such attacks.
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, ...
... 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 ...
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 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?
... were all involved in various incidents, in lots of incidents. In fact, there were applications where they said "We were involved in lots of bomb attacks, but we cannot even remember where, who, how, what. We cannot identify them anymore. We know we were involved in them." And we approached ...
... ... 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 ...
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?
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.
... 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 ...
... countries. We also denied that we had killed people in neighbouring countries, that we were acting on a cress-border basis, that we were launching attacks. On the contrary, with regard to the Chand incident, the attack on Botswana during which Mr Andreiowitch himself was involved and was also ...
MR ALLI: And you are now saying that she was present, I think you said so yesterday as well, but I may be incorrect. Let me ask you again, was she present during these attacks?
... to withdraw and then my friends came and told me that they have had several meetings and informed us about the latest developments regarding the attacks. Then those who were not for it decided to withdraw. Then I realised that it was a mature group, organisation and then 86 January on the ...
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