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HUMAN, HSAge Description Showing 661 to 680 of 856 First Page•Previous Page 30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 Next Page•Last Page... and these actions by the [Truth and Reconciliation Commission] are also considered to be probably in violation of the constitutionally-guaranteed human rights of the SADF members concerned as described in chapter 2 sections 9 and 23 of Act 108 of 1996. The disregard which resultantly (sic) ... court upheld the panel's ruling and ordered Dr Basson to testify before the Commission on 29 July 1998, a mere three days before the mandate to hold human rights violations hearings expired. 46 On 29 July 1998, Dr Basson appeared before the Commission without his Pretoria-based legal ... ... by SADF members. Elsewhere in the report of the Commission, Project Marion is shown to have contributed directly to the perpetration of gross human rights violations. 16 Other projects not disclosed to the Kahn Committee but raised with the Ministers’ Committee on Special Projects in ... ... failed to do so, one of these staff members is reported to have leaked the circular first to the press and then to Mr Brian Currin of Lawyers for Human Rights.29 c On no occasion in the period 1990 - 1994 did the Director of Archives authorise an investigative inspection of an office ... ... determined in this way to sanitise its image and protect its intelligence sources. It was also apparently intent on eliminating evidence of gross human rights violations. In this regard, the security establishment had most cause to destroy records. 25 While the investigation was under way, Mr ... ... the project officer, Dr Basson, for a section 29 in camera hearing, in an attempt to glean more information about the programme and its relation to human rights abuses. Before the subpoena could be enforced, the Commission was approached by the Attorney-General and the NIA. The Commission was ... records documenting the struggle against apartheid. 106 Clearly, the work of the Commission suffered as a result. Numerous investigations of gross human rights violations were hampered by the absence of documentation. Ultimately, of course, all South Africans have suffered the consequences - all ... ... and subjected to the scrutiny of joint investigative teams, composed of representatives of the structure under investigation, the Commission, the Human Rights Commission and the National Archives3. The destruction of records by the following bodies was investigated: a the Security Branch of ... ... the SAP, seven under the NIS and one under the Department of National Education. The report does not contain any information on gross violations of human rights. 38 The Kahn Committee recommended that: certain secret projects that met the criteria stipulated by the then government should be ... provide the alleged perpetrator with sufficient detail of the substance of the allegations against him or her. The procedures applied to notices for human rights violations hearings, section 29 investigative hearings and amnesty hearings. 51 The Commission expressed concern about the impact of ... ... To determine general valid norms, the following can be considered: 1.1 All information, when compromised, that can lead to the endangering of human lives. This includes Service members/Agents/Sources and Co-workers. 1.2 All information, when compromised, that can seriously damage RSA ... ... proved futile. However, when the resultant mass destruction of records was reported in the media, Mr Brian Currin, national director of Lawyers for Human Rights, challenged the circular’s validity in the Supreme Court. He identified the respondents as the State President, the Minister of ... ... period, KwaZulu and Natal experienced the worst wave of political violence in the region’s history. Approximately 3 000 gross violations of human rights were perpetrated by Inkatha in KwaZulu and Natal from July 1993 to May 1994. This constituted more than 55 per cent of all violations ... ... several such policemen. 291 Similarly, there are indications that a leading right-wing operative who applied for amnesty for gross violations of human rights was in fact a source of one of the intelligence agencies. Claims in amnesty applications that SADF arsenals were shown to the right wing ... ... TO AND FOLLOWING THE BISHO MASSACRE IN SEPTEMBER 1990 WERE CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF APLA AND THE ANC. THE ATTACKS RESULTED IN GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS (KILLING, ATTEMPTED KILLING, ARSON AND SEVERE ILL TREATMENT) FOR WHICH THE ANC AND APLA ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. ... ... us out of our ancestral homes in order to quicken our pace heavenwards? 4 . 13 Plaatje retells a story told to him which illustrates the tragic human impact of the implementation of the Act: A squatter called Kgobadi got a message from his father-in-law in the Transvaal. His father-in-law ... ... THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT KILLINGS, ATTEMPTED KILLINGS AND SEVERE ILL TREATMENT WHICH OCCURRED DURING THIS CONFLICT WERE GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, FOR WHICH THE ANC, THE CISKEI GOVERNMENT AND THE ADM ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 35 Mrola’s disappearance while under witness protection ... ... IN THE KILLING OF MR CHARLES SEBE AND MR ONWARD GUZANA IN FEBRUARY 1991. THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE DEATHS OF THE ABOVE PERSONS WERE GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR WHICH THE FORMER STATE, THE SADF, THE CISKEI HOMELAND AUTHORITY AND COLONEL CRAIG DULI ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. Conflict ... ... of generations, and the wholesale destruction of communities like Sophiatown, District Six, Cato Manor and South End in Port Elizabeth. Again, in human terms, the consequence was immense suffering and huge losses of property and income. The 1949 Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act and 1950 ... ... for South and southern Africa was a racial one, and that notions of the ‘red peril’ were manipulated to justify the perpetration of the gross human rights violations this Commission was charged to investigate. The ‘Vorster’ laws 58 Details of security legislation introduced in the ... |
