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... Ms Eleanor Kasrils [AM7725/97], Mr Ismail Ebrahim, Mr Bruno Mtolo and Mr David Ndawonde. They reported to the Commander of MK, Mr Nelson Mandela, until his arrest in Howick in 1962, and thereafter to Mr Raymond Mhlaba. 51 The sabotage campaign began with an attempt on 15 December ...

... the disinvestment campaign commences. Britain and the US begin the process of adopting employment codes for companies operating in South Africa. Mandela and other political prisoners are offered release in January if they renounce violence. Most refuse. Widespread attacks begin on ...

in relation to torture. 20 One ANC member who did experience a close encounter with the Commission did not do so voluntarily. Ms Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s contempt not only for the Commission but for the notion of accountability was palpable to the millions who followed the hearing in which ...

... on 1 July 1991 on the Germiston–Katlehong line when eleven people were thrown from a moving train. 654 In July 1991, Mr Paulos Nkondo ( ) of Mandela Section, Natalspruit was on his way home from work by train, when a group of men he thought were train conductors boarded the train at ...

... spectrum at this time convey an impression of significant political and social instability following the February 1990 release of Mr Nelson Mandela and the call to the security forces to make the necessary adjustments to their perception of the ‘enemy’. Despite this, the Commission ...

... whom he names as De Kock and Geld. I told them that I didn’t understand why they were torturing and assaulting me. They asked me if I knew Mandela and I said even if I do not know him personally I want him to be released so that we could be freed. I was then kicked and De Kock said I ...

... the arrest of key members of MK’s high command in Rivonia in July 1963, all of whom w e re subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment. Mr Nelson Mandela, arrested a year earlier, was also sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia trial. One of the Rivonia trialists, Mr Ahmed Kathrada ...

... Sibiya at Mankwanyaneni Reserve, Empangeni, on 3 May 1994. The attack took place between the elections of 27 April and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President on 10 May. 222. Mr Khuzwayo and five other SDU members set themselves up beside a road and opened fire on Mthembu’s vehicle ...

... Historical overview 216 The political transition to democracy in South Africa, heralded by the unbanning of the ANC and the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990, was marked by a renewed escalation of civil strife in the province. One of the major expressions of this was the so-called ...

... 1993 were entitled to apply for amnesty. This cut-off date was extended to 10 May 1994 after an appeal by the Commission to President Nelson Mandela. ...

... of the Commission. 3. The HRVC compiled a number of reports that formed part of the Final Report of the Commission, which was handed to President Mandela on 29 October 1998. 4. The HRVC collected a total of 21 519 victim statements during the two-year operational period. More than 15 000 ...

... advised by its legal team not to risk an interdict, which would have had the effect of preventing the Report from being handed over to P resident Mandela. The Commission acted on this advice and agreed not to publish the finding and to deal with the matter after publication and the handover. ...

presented by witnesses.5 Witnesses at the hearings included: Ms Graça Machel, the widow of President Samora Machel (and now the wife of President Mandela); Dr Abdul Minty, former honorary secretary of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and current deputy director general in the Department of ...

... Party (CP) is launched in March. The ANC London offices are bombed by a South African security police team headed by Craig Williamson. Nelson Mandela is transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town in March. A worldwide ‘Free Mandela’ campaign begins. COSAS ...

... characterised by militant addresses to mourners and UDF supporters. The speakers’ messages concentrated on demands for the release of Mr Nelson Mandela from prison, the withdrawal of the troops from the townships, the denunciation of government ‘collaborators’ and institutions and the ...

the release of political prisoners between the ANC and the De Klerk government. According to Van Eck, Mncube was given a hero’s award by Mr Nelson Mandela in 1993. 505 In 1986, Ms Lindiwe Mdluli, a farm worker in the eastern Transvaal, and her eight-month-old baby were on their way to spend ...

was redefined as ‘treason’, creating the ideological context in which such opposition could be criminalised. The 1963 Rivonia trial, when Nelson Mandela and other leading ANC members were sentenced to life imprisonment, was the most famous of these trials. There were a number of other ...

... 315 Violations in the Eastern Cape during the 1990s took place in the following contexts: a violence following the release of Mr Nelson Mandela in February 1990; b clashes between the newly unbanned ANC and PAC; c a battle between the South African government and the ANC for ...

... of the cut-off date for amnesty applications from 5 December 1993 (when the negotiation process was completed) to 10 May 1994 (when President Mandela was officially inaugurated) was a reminder of the transitional context in which this unique, accountable amnesty process needed to be ...

of the ANC, PAC, SACP and fifty-eight other organisations; the release of political prisoners and provision for all exiles to return home. Mr Nelson Mandela was released on 11 February 1990. The other goals were achieved through a series of bilateral negotiations between the government and the ...