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unbanningExplanation ... Walter Sisulu and others. We were caught completely unawares. And when this happened, the ANC had been effectively unbanned, because although the unbanning only took place in 1990, upon those releases the ANC had effectively been unbanned and the pressure became tremendous for us to obtain ... ... African people from that political dispensation. African people would continue to be denied their democratic rights to vote. Shortly after the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, I became an executive member of the Wentworth branch of the ANC, an executive member of the Provincial Natal ANC Youth ... joined the ANC/MK command structures in exile whence he conducted various operations until his eventual official return to the country after the unbanning of the liberation movements during ... ... two bodies which gathered the entire youth of Kutsaong. KUSCO, as it was with the ideals of the Congress of South African Students, came after the unbanning of the organisations that it should be COSAS. And of course, KUSCO and KYCO are now the present ANC Youth League at Kutsaong. Mostly the ... you mean now. Although the movement found its inception in 1989, it only picked up momentum in February 1990 with the release of Mr Mandela and the unbanning of the ANC and the other liberation movements. In April - that was in February and then in April, at that stage already in March, but in ... police dealt with the community. That was before the unbanning of the political organisations. He tried to persist because his friends were policemen and they are still policemen. Immediately thereafter the political organisations were banned, namely PAC and ANC and he was happy when this ... to be community structures. The role of MK generally was where they were found and many of the MK cadres, when they came into the country after the unbanning of the ANC, went to their communities and often communities would say to them: "What kind of soldiers are you, you know, if you can't ... MR McADAM: Would you agree that in the propaganda that was spread by the ANC from 1985 until the unbanning of the organisation there were various accusations that the South African goverment was busy using the South American elimination tactics. MR MABASO: In 1990. But I used to follow the ANC before 1990, but then I joined in 1990 after the unbanning of the armed struggle. MR DLAMINI: Around this time, it was either before or just after the unbanning of the ANC but I had just been released from prison and I had a new commander, Kevin Mosebedi. We were involved in many operations for instance training people and sometimes I would transport weapons to different areas ... ... of the Pietermaritzburg Municipality, but were excised. At the time Edendale and Ashdown were very much UDF supporting - ANC supporting since its unbanning in February, just a month earlier. Imbali had - was becoming UDF, although there were still strong pockets of Inkatha supporters there. ... 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 ... 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 ... ... we don't have any evidence to support that there was a conflict. But, Mr Chairman, I want the Committee to take into account that after the unbanning of the organisation when they came inside in the country, there was a conflict between the organisations for a political space. That ... "I was further told that the violence prevailing in the country at the time was mainly Black on Black violence but that with the unbanning of the ANC, PAC, SACP, it was going to become Black on White violence. The slogan of the PAC at that time was 'one settler, on bullet.' I was told of an ... "The prospects of talks certainly did not please Hani when, in an interview shortly after the unbanning of the ANC and SACP he cautioned that 'I think we must struggle very hard for our comrades not to feel that sitting down with the enemy is betrayal'. (reference no.56)". MR SIBEKO: So then in 1990, beginning of 1990 coincidentally it came with the unbanning of the ANC, is that correct, where then you started organising some of these meetings, secret meetings as you have put it? 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 ... ... 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 ... |
