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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 State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all.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 SCHOON: Paragraph 17, due to the control which the security forces maintained within the borders of the RSA, most of these attacks were orchestrated from the RSA’s neighbouring states, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique and Lesotho. In this regard I refer to the general background as sketched in ...
but I remember that when we were talking about these targets they said they wanted -they suggested that what if they keep those grenades for further attacks, so that if they were being attacked they should defend with those grenades. We told them that those handgrenades were supposed to be thrown ...
... the conventional manner in which the warfare had been done out of the country, was not sufficient and I would also like to mention that internal attacks by means of bomb explosions and others by the ANC and others had led to great loss of life and damage in the Republic of South Africa. ...
... 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 ...
On the day in question, Applicant and his fellow SDU members were patrolling the township in defence of members of the community against attacks from the contending forces of the Inkatha Freedom Party ("IFP"). They had earlier received information from a source within the police that the IFP ...
MR CRONIN: Well, as I’m saying, in many townships I believe that they saw them as their line of defence in the face of some horrific attacks but in other cases the communities themselves were - and our own structures, were deeply concerned about the role that some self-defence units were playing ...
MR BOOYENS: And in this war? Can you briefly state, were you involved in any attacks?
MR BRINK: Was the purpose of training as members of Self Defence Units to protect your local community against attacks, incursions by hostile forces from the outside?
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, ...
... 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 ...
some people were attacked with pangas and assegais, as well as traditional weapons. And the community tried to get together in order to prevent the attacks, but it was very difficult because we were not armed and we were fighting against people who were armed with traditional weapons as well as ...
MR COETZEE: Ma'am, is it possible that at this moment in time, he might be under the misapprehension that there are applicants in this particular application, asking for amnesty for being directly and physically involved in the attacks on the houses concerned?
CHAIRPERSON: And that he conducted a watch over the Chicken Farm to avoid attacks.
MR MQIBI: He said even the IFP used to go to her house and after the attacks IFP used to go and celebrate in her house. We didn't attack people's houses because we suspected them but we attacked people's houses because we knew we had the knowledge that we've been there for a long time and we knew ...
MR HATTINGH: Very well. On the evening which was selected for the attacks, were you present in the area?
MS VAN DER WALT: And during the year of 1986 the terrorist attacks increased tremendously.
MR MBANDAZAYO: Yes Chairperson, it's one which I also slipped up, I wanted to bring it to the Committee, it slipped my mind, Chairperson. It's also applying for the possession of those firearms and ammunition which they used in these attacks, Chairperson. Thank you.
"The military operations of MK in this period, can be categorised as follows: Firstly, there were bomb attacks on urban targets."
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 ...
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