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right-wing attacksExplanation Showing 921 to 940 of 1017 First Page•Previous Page 43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 Next Page•Last Page Now this is confirmed by the evidence of the witness Van der Graaff, who testified this morning, that there were these attacks launched by Apla and they financed their activities by means of the funds so obtained. ... activists took control of the rural areas, civic members resigned because of intimidation, police officers were forced to leave areas, there were attacks on police patrols, the existing structures were replaced with alternative structures, school boycotts were the order of the day, councillors ... It is my submission that attacks similar to these facilitated what used to be known as the Codesa negotiations. It is such 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? MS MAKHUBELE: Attacks? MR VISSER: You deal with attacks with regard to Botswana, on page 196 and 198, is that correct? ... movement or whatever it may have been, which was generally known. Indeed at that stage it was so well known that they had already launched various attacks and that much publicity was linked to the organisation, much publicity was also given on television for the video which has been submitted. ... 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? ... 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 ... Maybe the TRC can help the families who were effected because a number of families were effected by the violence due to the attacks on their houses. We would appreciate an effort on the part of the TRC, to meet the families of the victims half way with regard to finance or material resources. ... ... Embalenhle and after explaining the situation to him, received orders to identify the ANC ringleaders and attack them as this would prevent further attacks on PAC ... CHAIRPERSON: The beginning of your evidence, you indicated that you needed to send a message to the regime of the time, that attacks on especially the leadership of the ANC would not be tolerated. Did I understand you correctly? ADV PRIOR: Further down the page, he says that his unit was responsible for the six attacks, Pinetown post office, Glenashley shopping centre, Westville post office and a blast in kwaMashu, the Bree railway station and the Red Hill post office. In other words, that was the swimmers' unit? MS MOLOISANE: Now, you said these, I mean it had never happened in your township, that is such attacks had never been carried in your township. In which townships had they taken place? ADV GCABASHE: Before you go to the other one, when you started telling us about these attacks, the first one you mentioned was at Khumalo Street, which was in early 1994, but I didn't get the rest of those facts down properly, you were going rather fast, because I have here that it was too early in ... He said he was a member of the ANC and as a result joined the local Self Defence Unit (SDU) in order to protect the community. The SDU, he said, needed firearms to equip themselves in order to defend the community against IFP attacks. ... and a shotgun. The other members of the group were armed with spears and Mkhize was being attacked because ANC members believed he was part of the attacks on ANC members. The applicant has testified that he had been given an order by Mroxegu Mathe, a prominent local ANC leader that Mkhize be ... ... I saw a Hippo parking at my gate, and children were assaulted. There were some of the comrades who were guarding me every night because of the attacks that were done on me. When I looked at this situation of these children being assaulted I went to the policemen and I said, "What do you ... At St Pauls Church in Jabavu as the assaults by police on children in schools spread and the police supported attacks by hostel dwellers on township residence increased, a war of physcosis showed itself. The weekly reports by parishioners to the congregation at the end of Sunday services showed ... ... satellite camps of Crossroads and KTC were not only evicted without a court order, but their homes were burnt and over 60 people were killed during attacks on their homes. Thousands of people had their right to access to adequate housing violated through killings and other severe ill treatment. ... |