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unbanningExplanation In the period of 1990 and following the unbanning of the ANC, a spiral of violence in fact flared throughout the Reef townships, Cosatu on numerous occasions warned the police of intended attacks on its offices and personnel, no action was taken until to this day, we are still to see a successful ... ... it was a feeling amongst the youth that for us to be counted as the freedom fighters, because at that time it was during the time of the unbanning of political parties, during that time I cannot say we were members as here in the rural area there was not that political awareness that ... You've said in your statement that after the unbanning of the ANC, and when the exiles came home, you were sort of expecting him to come. Do we understand from that that you had thought that maybe he went into exile? --- I had that in mind. I thought he had skipped the country. I always ... ... between the applicant's group on the one hand, and that of the deceased on the other hand. they differed on strategies, particularly after the unbanning of political organisations in 1990. The deceased's group did not want SAYCO to simply convert into ANCYL. When the applicant's group ... MR PRINSLOO: And the policy, before the unbanning of the ANC, that of separate development, apartheid as it was known, did you support that policy? ... stayed until during 1990. Fortunately then the country was - the government of the day then, the de Klerk government, they announced that they are unbanning the ANC, then immediately I was instructed to come back quickly into the country, so that we help in preparing the coalition so that when ... It should be realised also that in the Nineties, the PAC itself had another development as a result of the unbanning. We had parallel structures also in the organisation. We should take note that there was this internal structure which initially became PERM, and it is this internal structure that ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... ... power in Ciskei my government introduced reforms, including a new constitution and Bill of Rights, the abolition of the death penalty and the unbanning of political organisations. I brought to your attention that Ciskei functioned as any other country did with inter alia a government, ... MR WAGENER: Your tasks and you, this is now the old Vlakplaas members, that is now in March 1991, what did this entail? This is now a year after the unbanning of the ANC. MS VAN DER WALT: What was the AWB's attitude regarding the unbanning of the ANC/SACP? ... 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 ... MR NDLUNGWANE: Well basically immediately after the unbanning of the African National Congress, there was this scourge of violence and those MK comrades who were back at the time, met at certain instances to discuss about the situation and a decision was then taken that people should be armed and ... ... Police members killed. This is an indication, I submit that even after, this instant happened after the release of Nelson Mandela as well as the unbanning of the ANC, as well as other evidence of Mr Van der Merwe already made before the Amnesty Committee, that there was very much still during ... 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? ... 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? MR MANYAMALA: If I were to take you back to the time during the negotiations, shortly after the unbanning of the ANC people were being killed, government on the other side was negotiating with liberation movements so that people complained and they appealed that a structure be put in place so that ... |
