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unbanningExplanation When problems really started to emerge was at the time of the rumours of capitulation, when the negotiations were not finalised, the unbanning of these organisations ... ... that you have played a prominent role in the anti-apartheid struggle and I am sure that during the dark days of apartheid, perhaps, even after the unbanning of the ANC, there must have been times when you thought that you were at risk of being killed during the course of the struggle and I am ... MRS VAN DER WALT: You also had knowledge of their unbanning when they became legal Organisations, and what then happened? "refused to help us. The refused only because of the statements I made against the system, and for calling for the release of Mandela and the unbanning of the ANC and other banned organisations. We want to know the person who planted this bomb. He must tell us why he did so. He must tell us why ... ... 1984 when he joined the South African Youth Congress which was a predecessor of the African National Congress Youth League ("ANCYL"). After the unbanning of the ANC and during 1991, he joined the ANCYL. The political membership of the Applicant was duly confirmed by the ANC Truth and ... MR SITHOLE: A certified personal register for MK operatives. We came in during different periods. Some came in August, some were inside the country when there was this unbanning. ANSWER:: After the unbanning of the political parties,a group was formed and was called the Three Million. The situation,as from September 1990 until 1992, was sheer hell in Maokeng,I can describe it as hell. Nobody felt safe even just to walkto his toilet at night. I was a community leader ... ... made, without him it would not have been possible to have this peaceful transition. Everyone who criticises him should not forget this. The brave unbanning of the different organisations in 1990 and also the fact that during the difficult negotiation process the majority of Whites, for whom it ... towards facilitation of labour issues, trying to smooth over strikes, in other words arbitration and matters like that towards the end, prior to the unbanning etc., ... MR DU PLESSIS: That was now after the unbanning of the ANC? ... those days in the early '90's, many people were taken by the - people were just forced to participate because they heard that there will be the unbanning of the ANC which by then was seen as a political party. Because of the violence or the wind which was spreading over this political issue ... ... during the Harms Commission in 1990. It was after February. If my memory serves me correctly, it was after the 2nd of February 1990 and after the unbanning of the ANC and the PAC and the signing of the Peace Accord. At that stage I was still on special leave, which was basically a covered ... And you also said in your statement that your elder brother, Yelef, had attempted to trace him through the ANC after the unbanning of the ANC and that Yelef had told you that he thought that he was somewhere in the Transvaal. ... however, changed radically during 1990. This followed the changes which were taking place in the political arena at the time, particularly the unbanning of the ANC and other liberation movements and the process of negotiations involving the principal political players in the country. At the ... I want to say this, however, that after the unbanning of the African National Congress in February 1990, he did return to South Africa for a brief spell. He requested that I should meet him, which I did. He asked my forgiveness. He said he had made a serious mistake. He asked my forgiveness and ... to coincide with the covert return from exile of Mac Maharaj and a member of MK Command, Siphiwe Nyanda and was still operative at the time of the unbanning of the ANC in 1990. Another high profile ANC leader, Ronnie Kasrils (who had also applied for amnesty for the operation) was also part ... ... Branch offices at Alexandra and spoke to the members there. They informed them, inter alia, that their duties remained unchanged, despite the unbanning of the liberation movements, as leverage was needed for the Codesa talks. The impression given to the 3rd applicant and his colleagues by ... MR MGIDLANA: And after its unbanning, where were you based? ... location, like for instance, if you are in Kuma its Kuma Congress, if you are in Ganana it's Ganana Youth Congress in that era of 1986. After the unbanning there were other developments between SAYCO that all locations that are affiliate to SAYCO, should say South African Youth Congress Kuma ... MR MANTHATA: Did you after the unbanning of the organisation, ever go to the ANC movement and say this is what you are reported to have said or instructed with regard to my son? |
