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unbanningExplanation ... Africa: On 2 February 1990 I made announcements that opened the road to inclusive constitutional negotiations. These announcements included the unbanning of the ANC, the SACP and other organisations and the release of prisoners, including Mr Mandela. ... With the unbanning of the ANC and SACP and MK, it was the task of an interim group to re-establish open public branches of the ANC in these various communities. It wasn't simply a case of ANC branches just popping up everywhere, they had to be organised in a particular way. MRS VAN DER WALT: You also had knowledge of their unbanning when they became legal Organisations, and what then happened? CHAIRPERSON: Your son was detained in January 1990. This was just before the unbanning of political organisations, and he was kept in detention until the first of June 1990. On what day was it said that he died? Do you have any idea for what the reason was for this detention, was there anything ... 1. What was the ANC's military policy towards the IFP in the years before its unbanning from the beginning of violent conflict in 1984 until 1990? Were IFP personnel perceived to be legitimate military targets? Did MK play any role in the violent conflict between the UDF and the IFP in KwaZulu or ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... 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. 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 ... MR SELEPE: From the unbanning of the ANC and before that I was a member of the UDF. MR ZWANE: Yes, that is correct. Initially we didn't have knowledge, I think it was about 1990 shortly after the unbanning of the ANC, we thought that when we went to ANC, should I say Chris Hani himself being a soldier, he might be in the position to help us with firearms, and he then explained to ... much to be active in the struggle for liberation. It would be very difficult to say whether this Ama-Afrika is still in existence because after the unbanning of the organisation we saw a lot of people who used to be members of the Ama-Afrika now working together with the PAC people. Now it is of ... The applicant was an active member of the ANC in Umgababa. For some time before the unbanning of the ANC he had been a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF). The deceased was also a member of the ANC. There was evidence of ongoing armed clashes between the ANC and the IFP in Umgababa area ... ... the special responsibility for the then (indistinct) area, specifically the East Rand, that was my responsibility. Later on, after 1990 with the unbanning of the ANC, I was subsequently, because of the accord that was signed with the then government, I was subsequently removed from Botswana, ... MR BHEQESI: On the release of comrade Nelson Mandela in 1990 and the unbanning of all political organisations we here in Gobozane, we also saw ourselves involved highly in the struggle. This started by showing unity here in Gobozane. We were all members of the ANC National Congress. EAST LONDON ... 12.1 I referred to the onslaught against South Africa and in particular to the ANC, over the years before its unbanning, on many an occasion in harsh terms. That my views and statements carried weight amongst the men in uniform and similarly shaped and influenced their sense of morality, is ... ... or were not sure who gave the instruction, if at all there were instructions given. Like I said Sir I did ask after that meeting again, after the unbanning of the ANC at some stage I asked again, I asked of Mr Mbeki and he said "we still don't know". I can't recall the date but that was after ... |
