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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 PageMR STEENKAMP: Would you agree with me if I suggest to you that the information that we received from a few sworn statements that is before the Committee, is that the actions of the applicants were basically revenge attacks on both the deceased, do you agree with that? ... their opposition. The government also brought members of the Internal Stability Unit to patrol the location. This resulted in an escalation of attacks on members of the SDU's. The SDU's therefore decided to obtain weapons in order to effectively carry out their duty of protecting the ... ... the ANC leadership was to disarm members of the police. The task was left to the unit to identify appropriate targets. It was foreseen that these attacks would be resisted by members of the police and that the SDU members should themselves be armed in order to be effective. ... ... we are satisfied that the entire incident constitutes an act associated with a political objective as envisaged in the Act. It is clear that the attacks in question occurred in the course of a political uprising. The action of the crowd in confronting Yuza baloyi and destroying his witchcraft ... ... in particular the Youth League (ANCYL). He patrolled the area with colleagues in order to protect themselves and the community in general from the attacks by members of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) with which the ANC was in conflict. His immediate commander was Mr Nkosi at whose home the groups ... FAWU which was affiliated to the ANC. There was conflict between the IFP and the ANC at Ratanda which led to both organisations allegedly launching attacks against each other. On the 20th September 1992, Mgababa Myeki an IFP member was killed allegedly by ANC supporters who worked at Escort ... ... Applicant has testified that he did not attack and kill Malinga out of malice, nor personal gain. His evidence that by 1993 there were still attacks by Black Cats in his immediate residential area has not been gainsaid. It is the view of the Committee that his evidence should be accepted. ... We briefly examine the question of the heart attack. Dr Naidoo emphasised that the occurrence of hear attacks in African females, even overweight an under the sort of stress likely to be caused by the situation Khubeka found herself in, would be extremely rare. This makes the likelihood ... ... telephone calls from newspapers from here to London and New York about how I was handling these cases and I was also having to reply by these attacks on me by Howard Varney. Now that made for a very difficult relationship, and I must say I find the relationship that normally exist between ... MR MANTHATA: For how long did school attendance stop due to those attacks? DR ALLY: I am just going to ask you a few questions just to help us with our work. You say that there were many other bomb attacks in others houses, in other streets that time in Atteridgeville. Can you just tell us, if you can, a little bit about what was happening in Atteridgeville at that time ... Majola thus felt the deceased posed a threat to the area and that their death would cause the attacks to cease. He also felt that the deceased had come to the meeting to destabilise things and didn’t want development in the area. is unsure if children were also attacked in his particular area. Under cross-examination he was unable to give names and numbers of victims of such attacks. Obviously, the incident having happened several years ago, his failure of memory in this regarded should not be counted against him. In ... Sir, in response to the question whether there was a decision taken to protect yourselves from possible attacks, you said as far as you knew it was reported to the management of ISCOR and thereafter police began patrolling around the Kwamadala Hostel, is that correct? ... that he was a dangerous man. It was not possible to keep him under constant surveillance and to prevent him from getting a firearm and start attacks on government supporters. He discussed the situation with his superiors and it was decided to supply him with a "doctored 9 mm Colt ... ... was for about 2 years and then there were around end of ’89 the end of 1990 there where assurances from Magnus Malan that there would be no further attacks on front line states and my armed guards were removed. And after February the 2nd - although we kept saying we shouldn’t be naïve we ... ... Now it is a given fact that the IFP made it it's official policy that they did not stand for any violence and that they did not take part in any attacks on anybody, let me say so that there were no orders given, but if you look at the IFP's political structure on a more ground level, you will ... MR RORICH: We were completely involved in a struggle of war, conditions had deteriorated in the sense that attacks involving acts of terrorism, had just multiplied and it was clear at that stage, that they did not respect the laws of our country at all. There was only one way, according to my own ... 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. MR VISSER: It was explosive with regular infiltration from trained ANC and MK members, with attempts of sabotage and attacks on members of the public. |