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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 State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all.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 GWAMANDA: That's when - there were times when there would be plans about attacks but I would not have been in attendance so I may not have full information.
... and even emptied night soil buckets in front of their cafe, to persuade them to resign from the council, but they ignored the request. The attacks on the deceased and Edward Phehlane was planned by the Self Defence Unit of which the applicant was a leader. They also intended to kill ...
... occasions they were harassed and attacked by certain people within the township. But he was not able to explain to us how it came about that the attacks which the hostel dwellers perpetrated on the residents of this township - how it was that they were so brutal in their nature, and so ...
We must be mad. So it maybe I survived their attacks then and I'll die under my own Government because Ramarighera and Manage is still in charge of the people, if I need protection, who must provide that protection?
"64. SAMS gave medical support in South West Africa during the successful series of attacks on SWAPO bases in Angola during 1978 to 1983. These operations included Reindeer, May 1978; Septic, June 1980; Protea, August- September 1981; Daisy, October and November 1981, Supa, March 1982 and Askari, ...
... of the said offences and that he acted on its behalf. He further testified that both Mbokazi and Shandu were IFP supporters who instigated attacks on ANC ...
It is common cause and knowledge, that policemen were at the time targets of various political attacks.
Pretorius received information from his informant that Nceba was leading a unit which was responsible for various acts of intimidation and attacks on policemen's houses and informers and made it impossible for ordinary policing to be effected in the area. Information also indicated that the unit ...
... all future editions. Then they detained and banned the two co-editors and finally the premises and equipment of SASCO National were destroyed in attacks by persons ...
REVD XUNDU: I am asking this question to both of you because the situation is similar. You said that the Councillors are the ones that were organising these attacks on people. Is there - what is the situation between yourselves and the Councillors now?
of Umkhonto weSizwe, who, by his own acknowledgements were responsible for the cold-blooded murders of elderly Whites, women and children and attacks on them and on our security force personnel."
MR RAMPONE:: Yes, there were houses that were being burned down, but I didn't know about the attacks on the police, because I stayed at the hospital for a while.
... discussions with Powell concerned the need for members of the IFP to be given military training in order to render the IFP less vulnerable to attacks by militarily trained ANC cadres.  Pursuant to these discussions, it was agreed that Applicant would furnish Powell with arms and ...
The ANC supporters who resided in Boipatong organised regular patrols of the streets. The object of these patrols was to prevent attacks from IFP supporters. On 28 January 1993 the 1st Applicant participated in one such patrol. The patrol consisted of a large number of persons.
... a limpet mine and training in its activation from Ninela. They needed the mine to launch a pre-emptive attack on an IFP dominated area from which attacks had been launched on the area they resided in at the time. He confirmed that he and his late brother had gone to place the mine that had ...
of the house was present but there were also other people from the hostel, people who were using the house as their base and they would launch their attacks from the house in the evenings and during the day our observation noted that the house was always locked and the gates locked, with curtains ...
MR BOOYENS: So let us call it counter propaganda on behalf of the Security Police/Government for what was known at that time as the terrorist attacks against South Africa?
According to Derby-Lewis the armed struggle commenced at the beginning of 1992 when various bomb attacks were launched in the country. This resulted from the climate of violence created by the CP leadership and in particular the speeches during the second half of 1992 when it was stated that the ...
The second applicant, Mandla Michael Yende testified that he joined the PAC in 1986 through AZANYU and in the same year was recruited by the first applicant, who trained him, to APLA. He confirmed the First applicant's testimony of how the attacks were executed.
MR SIBEKO: Now you indicated that as a result of those attacks or the two incidents that you have just referred to, you decided to join the unit, were you at any stage or did you at any stage carry any weapon whatsoever to that effect?
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