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D’ATH, George

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A photographer and journalist who was hacked and stabbed to death by Witdoeke vigilantes in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 10 June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps carried out by the vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. Mr D’Ath was the first journalist to be killed in the political conflict in South Africa.

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Attack on a PEP Store at Botshabelo 43. On 17 February 1992, a three-person APLA unit robbed a Pep Store in Botshabelo near Bloemfontein. Although one of the attackers was armed, no violence was used in the actual robbery. After the operation, the armed APLA member became involved in a shoot-out ...
105 Ms Lita Nombango Mazibuko had a long tale of her suffering at the hands of ANC colleagues while in exile. Ms Mazibuko was responsible for assisting people to cross the border illegally. In 1988, after one of her comrades had been killed, she became “regarded as an enemy and as a ...
83 It appears that both the SAP and the South African Defence Force (SADF) were involved in the Ngquza Hill incident. Most accounts (including reports on the inquest) point to the police as having carried out the shooting, while the aircraft and helicopter must have belonged to the SADF as the ...
Attacks on the Kasana home On at least three occasions in 1985, the A-Team attacked the home of Ms Nomosonto Kasana, assaulting members of the family. On one occasion the Kasana sons, Mbuselo, Mafuza and Peter, attacked the gang with pangas, hitting Phakathi in the face. Phakathi then opened fire ...
Unfinished business 93. The hearings pointed to the legacy of bitterness and pain felt by ANC members who had experienced the harsh hand of NAT. These experiences of assault left more than physical scars on the recipients. At the Johannesburg hearing on 17 July 2000, Mr Mashele (see above) ...
PETERSEN, Hendrik [CTO40001/KIM] PHADI, Jacob Japi [JB00412/03WR] PHAKALITHA, Tshediso [CTO1533/KAR] PHANDLE, Indi David aka Rubber [JB05781/01ERKAT ] P H E WA, Musa Sbhu [KZN/ZJ/148/DN] PHIRI, Paulus Oupa [JB05028/03VT] PIETERSEN, James ‘Klonkies’ [EC1150/96PLZ] PULE, Thabo ...
KHUMALO, Thelma Nothando [KZN/DM/016/PS] K H U Z WAYO, Nhlanhla Victor [KZN/NNN/630/DN] K H U Z WAYO, Senzo Eugene [KZN/FN/211/DN] K H U Z WAYO, Zwi [KZN/MR/104/DN] KLAAS, Michael Zolane [EC2096/97PLZ] KOAHELA, Steven Lehlohonono [JB04067/01GTSOW] KOZA, Mandla Aaron [KZN/MP/188/DN] ...
269. Mr Avhapfani Joseph Lukwa [AM3278/96] and Mr Tshamano Edson Tshibalo [AM3277/96] killed nine people and burnt eleven properties at Folovhodwe and Muswodi Dipeni areas, Venda, on 10 March 1990. The two were part of a large crowd that went from house to house. They even targeted ...
MPELE, Jonas [JB04903/03VT] MPONDO, Mlungisi Michael [CT00293/FLA] M P U TANA, Matuse [EC2324/97[CTK] M RWEBI, Tyhilekile Solomzi [EC2011/97STK] MSIBI, Halifen Majene [JB04942/03VT] MSIMANG, Siphiwe Edgar aka Selby Hlatshwayo [JB04984/01ERKAT ] MSIMANGO, Eric Fana [JB00973/01GTSOW] ...
181 The Commission received statements about the following deaths in police custody. Although the Commission made a positive victim finding in these cases, it was not able to establish the exact legislation under which they were held at the time of their deaths. a Political activist Colenso ...
225 On 6 July 1979, six ANC members in exile in Lesotho were injured in a parcel bomb attack in Maseru. One of them, Father John Osmers, had his hand and part of his groin blown away by the bomb which was concealed in a package containing copies of the ANC journal, Sechaba. The other victims were ...
174 Mr Kenneth Mncedisi Sigam [CT00323/OUT] was “forced to leave the MK camp” in Angola after “he opposed a decision of the leadership” and opposed the use of corporal punishment on comrades. A tribunal was held after which he was taken to Camp 32 on 18 May 1984. Here he ...
â–  APPENDIX 2 HRV HEARINGS DATE OF HEARING 1996 VENUE April 15 - 18 East London April 22 -25 Cape Town April 29 - 30 Johannesburg May 02 -03 Johannesburg May 07 - 10 Durban May 21 - 23 Port Elizabeth June 10 - 11 Kimberley (Northern Cape) ...
133 In its second submission, the ANC said that it conducted “exhaustive investigations” and tried the accused by military tribunal. The tribunal reported its findings to HQ, “where a final decision would be made”. 134 At the ‘recall hearing’ of political ...
Killing of individual ‘enemies’ and ‘defectors’ 46 In the late 1970s, the ANC began to target specific police officers and perceived ‘collaborators’. Initially those killed were former ANC members who had turned state witness in political trials. The ANC ...
170 There were various incidents of guerrillas dying in clashes during 1985-86; it is not clear how many of these were deliberately orchestrated by the security forces and how many were isolated incidents. They include: six PAC members killed in a clash with Lesotho security forces at ...
336 The day after the attack on Ntuli's shop, Imbokodo members raided Tweefontein, a large collection of villages in the Vlaklaagte area. Eyewitnesses have reported that the Imbokodo drove in convoy through the area, firing indiscriminately at youths running through the streets. At least four ...
102 The use of chiefs was an essential part of control in the homelands. Chiefs were granted additional powers, including the key authority over land allocation; communities without chiefs (such as Group Four in Thornhill, Ciskei) were refused access to services. Chiefs were also sometimes used ...
179 One strategy used by the SAP to protect their members from prosecution relating to illegal killings was that of changing their names. When Transkei’s Attorney-General tried to charge the police in connection with the Ndondo killing of September 1987, he was told by the SAP that SAP ...
Andrew Zondo 28 From 1976 onwards, a number of MK members were sentenced to death and executed. One of these was Mr Sibusiso Andrew Zondo [KZN/NG/010/DN]. Andrew Zondo (19), from KwaMashu, north of Durban, went into exile in Mozambique at the age of sixteen after a brief period of detention. He ...
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