MARCH, David

... as the Seven Day War are recorded elsewhere in the Commission’s report. In summary, they are as follows: THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT FROM 25–31 MARCH 1990, THE COMMUNITIES IN THE LOWER VULINDLELA AND EDENDALE VALLEYS, SOUTH OF PIETERMARITZBURG, WERE SUBJECTED TO AN ARMED INVASION BY THOUSANDS ...

... process at a community level. Mr David Piedt, a community leader, reported: So this was the place, the rural town in the Karoo, after the big march in August 1989 in Cape Town, where in September 1989 we mustered about 15 000 people in Oudtshoorn for the first big rural march. So in this ...

... 178 Mr Joseph Mdluli [KZN/KM/999/DN], one of the accused in the case against Harry Gwala and nine others, died in detention in Durban on 19 March 1976. The official explanation for his death was “injury to neck after falling against a chair”. While Judge Howard rejected allegations of ...

... ‘traditional weapons’; the Katangese put up stiff resistance. 188 Poqo also engaged in attacks on South African police in this period. On 17 March 1962, a large group of Poqo operatives attacked a police van in Langa township, killing one African policeman, and injuring five others. The ...

... 268 When houses were petrol-bombed, children who could not escape the flames sometimes became victims. Press reports indicated that, between March and May 1985, at least seven children under the age of ten (from families linked to councillors, AZAPO supporters and UDF supporters) died in ...

(Zimbabwe, 31 July 1981), Ms Victoria Mxenge (Durban, 1 August 1985); Mr Toto Dweba (Eshowe, Natal, 20 August 1985); Ms Dulcie September (France, 29 March 1988); Dr David Webster ( Johannesburg, 1 May 1989), and Dr Anton Lubowski (Namibia, 12 September 1989 ) . 68. No applications were received ...

... Holomisa’s second coup on 31 December 1987, the first successful coup in a South African homeland. In Ciskei, Brigadier Oupa Gqozo took over on 4 March 1990, shortly after the national unbannings, riding on a wave of rural resistance to the rule of former Ciskei president, Mr Lennox Sebe. It ...

... Investigation Unit on 12 May 1986. Silika, a youth activist, was arrested as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Constable Patrick Legong on 25 March 1986. His brother, Mr Guarantee Silika, had been shot dead by police during the street conflicts of 1985. The investigating officer stated: ...

... involved in the development of the trade union movement and had been involved in establishing the university-based Wages Commission in 1972. In March 1972, Turner’s home had been firebombed. In 1973, Turner was banned along with seven NUSAS members and placed under surveillance by the BOSS. ...

... grenade. The security forces were absolved of responsibility for all of these deaths in the inquests. The ‘Gugulethu Seven’ Around 07h30 on 3 March 1986, seven young men were shot dead at the corner of Gugulethu’s NY 1 and NY 111 and in an adjoining field. They were Mr Mandla Simon Mxinwa ...

... proved extremely difficult to investigate and was not covered in the SAMS submission. However, in an interview with The Argus newspaper dated 2 March 1995, General Knobel was quoted as saying that Project B, a research project on chemical warfare, began in the late 1970s under the leadership ...

... final hearing of 1996 took place in Pietermaritzburg. This was an event hearing that heard evidence on the ‘Seven Day War’, which took place in March 1990. Evidence pointed to very close co-operation between Inkatha members and the riot unit of the SAP, leading to the deaths of hundreds of ...

... He was detained six times between 1985 and 1989 with frequent assaults and torture. 220 On 29 January 1985, Jacobs was arrested after an illegal march during the student school boycott and held until 15 February. He was interrogated and assaulted by a Sergeant: He was continuously assaulting ...

... their vehicle was stoned and petrol-bombed in Lansdowne Road. Mr Dane Douglas [CT00467] was seriously injured after being stoned near Crossroads in March 1986. 298 In addition to a number of serious injuries by stoning and petrol-bombing of vehicles, six deaths were reported, all in August to ...

and that the orders came “from inside the security police and higher up”. 135 Former Vlakplaas askari Joe Mamasela alleged in the New Nation in March 1997 that Eikenhof farm in the Vaal area was used to house alleged train killers. Mamasela’s testimony was confirmed by an ex-police officer ...

... detainees had been informed that they were being taken out of circulation on the re-imposition of the state of emergency (which had been lifted in March) and ahead of the Soweto Day tenth anniversary on 16 June. 114 Detainees told the Commission that they were arrested and detained following ...

... were responsible for her death. 57 H Osborne, The Richmond War. End Conscription Campaign, 20 July 1991. 58 Mbongwa and others were killed on 20 March 1994 in Ndaleni [CR85 / 03 / 94]. 59 The attack on Mr Peter Nkabinde, Sifiso Nkabinde’s relative, in November 1990 and the ANC’s capture of ...

between rival branches of the ANC and other UDF/ANC affiliate organisations. The case of Leaooa Shuping Mr Leaooa Paul Shuping (17) was shot on 28 March 1992 in Church Street, Bloemfontein by the ANC-aligned ‘21-Jump Street Gang’ [KZN/MOL/019/BL]. He is now disabled as a result of the ...

... was the general thought or the general train of thought not only with the National Party but also with the government then. (Pretoria hearing, 3 March 2000.) 340. This provides conclusive evidence that he condoned the action. Cover-ups 3 4 1 . Further evidence that unlawful behaviour was ...

evidence that Gebe was an APLA cadre is both untruthful and improbable. Gebe has a criminal record which reflects that he has, from June 1973 to March 1988, had twenty- nine previous convictions and that he has on four occasions been declared an habitual criminal … It is also apparent ...