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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 Pagestage of these events, there was a war as it was observed by this situation, the conventional methods were not applicable, there were explosions and attacks the order of the day. If we look at the methods that were used to take a person to a farm and interrogate that person, with respect it is ... ... They were waiting for weapons to come in. What happened there was that the police decided that there was no way in which they could prevent the attacks from occurring. A plan was then made and then that plan entailed that a hand grenade, Russian hand grenades, were taken and the fuse delay ... the Germans and the Americans to the Japanese. It wasn't necessarily always against military targets or strategic key points. In the same way, the attacks of the ANC in the past were not directed only against military staff, or the Security Forces. I refer here to the Church Street bomb, or the ... ... It seems that the weapons were used in the murders and attempted murders. On the meagre information before the Committee it seems as if the attacks were directed against ordinary civilians. There is however no full disclosure in this regard and the essential particulars required were not ... CHAIRPERSON: Were these attacks all in 1993? MR LAX: So you weren't involved in any other attacks on any other people on defending yourself and your community against any other people, in all the time from 1985 till 1990 and going on until you were arrested? Are you seriously telling us that? MR MKUKWANA: Yes they continued with the attacks. ... 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 ... ... 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. ... ... as appears from the statement given by Advocate Sogget, in tabulating the charges for which they were found guilty? Because if we simply say the attacks on the bus and the tower, would it be picked up for those who, you know, keep these records? I just want some clarity ... ... ... 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 ... MR BIZOS: Would - did you hear about damage of trade union property, trade union motor cars, attacks on trade unionists? ... on an officer of the TRC, I'm here to act as an officer, to assist the TRC Mr Chairman, I'm subjected continuously to personal abuse and personal attacks by the witnesses, Mr Chairman. With great respect, I ask your ... ADV PATEL: How many attacks have you conducted to ensure that sellouts, informers should have been eliminated? MR MARAIS: We believed at that stage, and I want to underline this, that this was the beginning of the onslaught against Whites. We could see afterwards that there were a number of attacks, and we all know about this which became worse and worse. We knew that it wouldn’t help to demonstrate. 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 ... development of the M.K. bombing campaign as we know it or understand it. Sorry I don't have all the dates but we know that there were several bomb attacks or car bombs on for example places like the Witwatersrand Commando Building. There was an attack, a bomb blast at the Irish Regiment in ... During 1990 he purchased (5) five firearms and distributed them amongst members of the SDU for the purposes of defending themselves and the community against attacks by the opposition party, the Inkatha Freedom Party. ADV SANDI: Can you specify the exact incidents or attacks in which you were involved? |