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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 State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all.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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... 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. ...
... 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 ...
ADV BOSMAN: But according to your statement and your evidence, your orders were to establish underground units. Did that also entail an order for attacks?
... also - the political climate in that area and the background should also be taken into account. It was a very violent time, there were a lot of attacks from various groups on each other and although it might not have been the official policy of the IFP to instruct its members or supporters to ...
... applicant for an assault, a person could be charged with assault on a person unknown to the State. If one takes the case, for instance, of the dog attacks on certain people which were captured on video, if those people for instance could not be found but you had other evidence of an assault, the ...
ADV PRINSLOO: Mr Van Eyck, are you aware that during the so-called onslaught against the country, use was made of all sections of the community to combat this onslaught and attacks by terrorists?
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 ...
... Do you have any other closer information as to what actually happened? Again, you heard Mr Mahlangu talk and he said that there were some attacks by youngsters on some of the senior people the previous day and that this was a reaction. Do you have any knowledge of that or do you have ...
Is it your policy to honour cowardice? Mr Chairman I must ask you if it is your policy or practice to condemn bomb attacks like those at the Olympic Games but to revere the murder of women on our own soil as acts of bravery? ...
CHAIRPERSON: What is your comment, Ma'am? You see what Mr Lowies has put to you is that the applicants deny that there were any white men during the attacks, what do you say to that?
MR ROSSOUW: You also heard that he was supposedly involved in a cell, involved with attacks on black Policemen, etc. Did that become clear to you from the interrogation during the drive to Mamelodi and whilst you were driving around in Mamelodi?
The sole purposes - even police persons or soldiers themselves of areas like Ciskei and Boputhatswana, expected such attacks on them, for the sole purpose of seizing weaponry from them and that if they resisted they would be killed. The sole purposes of which was politically motivated, not ...
... just in that sense, what the idea was. The idea was that while there would be marches etc, by people in the labour field, there would be military attacks elsewhere to as it were, divide the forces of the Security Police, in order to be more effective with the marches, etc, which was actually ...
that this was disciplinary proceedings, that they merely heard the noise going on and ran to the scene armed to see what was going on and to prevent attacks on their own people, that the applicant in turn did not realise why they were coming but saw armed men coming towards them so he felt he had ...
MR RICHARD: Was the United Mandela Football Team ever involved in any other attacks on Mrs Chili's members or property?
"My objectives were to undermine the former settler regime to use APLA offensive attacks and to secure and maintain the complete unit of the movement. Arms were given to my commander, Morapapa, and he is the one who knew what he did with them. I am yours, sincerely."
In our view, it was of cardinal importance in the fact that both the PAC and APLA have acknowledged in their submissions to the TRC in 1996 and 1997 respectively, that the St James attacks was one of the authorised operations carried out by APLA.
It was the same trio that was involved in other previous attacks. They met resistance from the garage owner who was armed with a .38 firearm. In the ensuing clash the man was shot and injured in the leg. His firearm was confiscated by the trio and only an amount of R50-00 was robbed which they ...
      "What does appear clearly also from the documents referred to, is that the ANC leaders foresee that attacks by the ANC might cause the death of civilians and that they accept this as one of the consequences of ANC operations.  They also accept that ANC operators in carrying out tasks ...
... weapons and ammunition were handed to the ANCYL and were distributed amongst the comrades for use in defending the community of Swanieville against attacks. The vehicle of the deceased was set alight on the outskirts of Swanieville in order to distract any prospective ...
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