self-defence units (SDUs)

... to gain advances in this conflict. As a result of the conflict the African National Congress ("ANC") devised what has become known as Self Defence Units ("SDU") in order to defend it's members and residents in certain areas in general. They also equipped as far as they could, such members with ...

... PAC, were also drawn into the conflict. All of the Applicants were members of the ANC and some participated in the activities of the Self-Defence Units ("SDU") established by the ANC in the area in question. Some of the Applicants had undergone military training under the auspices of MK. We ...

... of firearms as well as the training of people in our area, who would be responsible for protecting the community, in other words Self Defence ...

... and I will regard those issues to be of common cause, that all the applicants were active members of the ANC and they were involved in Self Defence Units of the ANC and also members of the MK ...

CHAIRPERSON: We will start the proceedings. Just for the record, today is Monday the 7th of December 1998. This is a continuation of the amnesty hearings of members of the Thokoza Self Defence Units.

The ANC established a system of Self Defence Units to protect themselves and the community at large against attacks. The applicant said that it is in this context that on the 27th August 1992 he approached a motor vehicle (panel van) on the 27th August 1992 in order to get hold of firearms. He ...

MR VAN ZYL: We had our own code of conduct and our own rules which was underlined in the Defence Force structure but we did not work in uniform so the uniform and specific units in the Defence Force's code of conduct was not applicable to us.

MR DEHAL: Now did you and the other applicants form a part of the Self Defence Units? Were you members of this unit?

MR SHONGWE: Yes, there was an instruction that we should form Self Defence Units and we should do everything in our power or in our discretion in order to arm ourselves and as the members of the Self Defence Unit, we knew the Black Cat members very well and Bongani was one of the people who played ...

MR KNOPP: And were you involved at all in the so-called SDUs, Self Defence Units?

MR NGHOBENI: It was an offence that had been committed by the third force and the guys that it had been committed by the self-defence units and members of uMkhonto weSizwe, that was the crime of killing people. That is why I state that my offence is politically motivated because they wanted to ...

MR SIBANYONI: Yes, thank you, Mr Chairman. Mr Armoed, you said the NYD self defence units were formed were to protect the community. I want to know from you, to protect the community from whom?

MR PATEL: We've also heard evidence that you were a member of one of the self defence units, is that correct?

      Self Defence Units

person, but then he has been entrusted with this duty on the ground to make sure that there is peace. He says he was involved with the Self Defence Units and the ANC except that the Self-Defence Unit was formed and the purpose for which it was formed, what the would have been the purpose for it ...

... General, the head of the security police comes and he tells his deputy, "listen, when I'm not here or even if I am here, if people, if operational units have a request for covert operations which involve the elimination of political opponents, you must take that decision or on the other hand you ...

... between 1990 and 1993. In other cases amnesty is being sought for acts of robbery of arms and money to organise logistics for the ANC Self Defence Units (SDU's) which were formed to defend its members against Black Cats and the IFP ...

... they pursued at the time was to render assistance in the conflict torn Kathlehong where, Nkuna had told them, the ANC's Self Defence Units were protecting the community against their Inkatha Freedom Party opponents. The Applicants trusted Nkuna, and bona fide believed that they ...

During August 1990 he was instructed by Lombard Moli and the late Chris Hani to infiltrate RSA to form Self Defence Units in the Vaal area and Free State.

... Hostel were under constant attack by the members of the IFP. It is against this background that the members organised themselves into Self Defence Units (SDU) in order to protect ...