BOESAK, Allan

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A church leader and a patron of the UDF who was harassed by the Witwatersrand Security Branch between 1982 and 1986. Two Witwatersrand Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty for this harassment, while another Security Branch operative based at Security Branch Headquarters was granted amnesty for the abusive humiliation of Dr Boesak during his detention in 1985 (AC/2001/0184 and AC/1999/0029).

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Volume 3, Chapter 5

... shifted in early August 1985 to broader political mobilisation and a consumer boycott targeting white-owned shops. On 23 August UDF patron Dr Allan Boesak announced plans for a mass march to Pollsmoor prison (on 28 August) to demand the release of Mr Nelson Mandela, but was detained under section ...

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Volume 4, Chapter 6

... and twenty were used without their knowing it. 96 Williamson provided documentation on how the state, in an attempt to discredit UDF patron Allan Boesak and diminish his political effectiveness, exposed his affair with Ms Di Scott. 97 Pat Sidley said the subject of spies in newsrooms was one ...

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Volume 4, Chapter 3

... classical dogma and its interpretation, but also against those who contested the meaning of such dogma in practice. The influence of Dr Allan Boesak, then President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), in promoting the adoption of the resolution declaring apartheid a heresy by ...

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Volume 4, Chapter 3

... positions in their respective churches, notably the Reverend Seth Mokotimi, Archbishop Dennis Hurley, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Dr Allan Boesak. 65 Similarly, institutions that were engaged in anti-apartheid activities and had the apparent verbal support of faith communities were ...

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Volume 4, Chapter 3

... number of blacks opposed sanctions, surveys also concluded that the majority recognised the leadership of people such as Desmond Tutu and Allan Boesak in speaking for them on the question.55 A voice for the voiceless 111 Faith communities have strong traditions that call on them to speak ...

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