MBATHA, (full names not given)

... of those they had killed. Former members of fragmented MK units, who had operated on a need-to-know basis with few written records, could not always assist the Commission in this task. 70 Combatants were not the only victims, however. Human rights activists, academics and ideological ...

... Moses Moti MAHLANGU, Motswaledi Johannes MAHLANGU, Msili Pinkie MAHLANGU, Ndinzana Daniel MAHLANGU, Nomajana Sarah MAHLANGU, Nomqibelo MAHLANGU, Notina William MAHLANGU, Ntshaye Geelbooi MAHLANGU, Nyumbambo Cornelius MAHLANGU, Pepe Rhoney MAHLANGU, Peter Gwayela MAHLANGU, Phephelaphi Ncema ...

had acted within the scope of his express or implied authority. 136. This operation was contrary to the ANC’s suspension of armed struggle. It was not committed in the execution of an order on behalf of or with the approval of his organisation. On the contrary, the local ANC leaders under whose ...

an attack, patrolled the streets. At 21h00 police arrived in the township and patrolling youths were ordered to get off the streets.44 Those who did not were allegedly teargassed. The police reported that they fired birdshot when a police patrol was petrol-bombed on three occasions. The police ...

... [AM5468/97]. 269 Crafford says he believed that Tsele was responsible for arranging safe houses for ANC members. Cronjé, Hechter, Mamasela and another askari went to reconnoitre Tsele’s house to establish whether it was indeed being used as a safe house. Hechter added that, if their ...

■ RELATIONSHIPS 112 As noted, women’s relationships were often used against them to weaken them and extract information. In their testimony, women also related how their experiences had affected those close to them, and their relationships with them. 113 On the one hand, concern for ...

... previous attempts on his life and had fled from Table Mountain with his family in 1990 after their house was burnt down. His killing has still not been solved. Maphumulo had been president of CONTRALESA since 1989. He had previously been harassed by policemen and askaris and had led a ...

... of Erasmus, all implicate Ms Madikizela-Mandela, either directly or indirectly, in Seipei’s murder or its attempted cover-up. The Commission has not been able to establish conclusively the veracity of any of these versions, including Erasmus’s. Each version was explored in the Investigation ...

26.3.90 Lucas Tlhotlhomisang Klerksdorp ‘Natural causes’ 1.6.90 Donald Thabela Madisha Potgietersrus ‘Suicide by hanging’ Note: Only deaths in detention under security legislation are recorded on this list. Hilda Bernstein11 notes that, in February 1977, the Minister of ...

... KALLIPA, Wandile KAMA, Lindani KAMA, Lulama KAMA, Mnoneleli Samson KAMA, Sonwabo KAMA, Vusumzi Aaron KAMATI, Siphiwo KAMATI, Thamsanqa KAMAVUSO-MBATHA, Khosi KAMBULE, Thamsanqa David Owen KAMTENI, Malakhiwe Joseph Maliki KAMTENI, Nontente KANANA, George Ouman KANGO, Amos Mazizi KANI, Cameron ...

... Molete [JB00139/03VT] told how her husband was killed and how she, her sister and three-year-old daughter Mita were stabbed. Ms Paulina Matsie Mbatha [JB00140/03VT], who is now in a wheelchair, told the Commission how she was stabbed in the neck, stomach and back with a sharp instrument. ...

... was made at the hearing by Mr Walter Smiles, who admitted being the person who threw the grenade and apologised to the Mokone family. Although not trained in handling military hardware, Smiles indicated he had acted under the command of MK commander Lawrence Mbatha. Several individuals ...

fondle me in whatever part of the body that they wanted to and I couldn't do anything because my hands were tied to the back”. 61 Women who were not actually raped spoke about the ever-constant fear that they would be. Ms Joyce Sikhakhane Ranken described how, while in prison, she “was ...

... as witnesses and survivors of these tragedies. 410 As with children, the majority of women who were victims of gross human rights violations were not deliberately targeted but were caught in crossfire or were victims of indiscriminate attacks on party strongholds. The majority of victims in ...

... that he had gone into exile but realised that something must have happened to him when he failed to return with the other exiles after 1990. 274. Another killing linked to Section C of the Northern Transvaal Security Branch was that of Mr Ernest Ramango, alleged to be a Security Branch source ...

... While she was waking her children, telling them to flee the house, she was shot twice, in the arm and in the back. She fell to the floor and could not move. She could hear her children’s screams and the attackers outside saying that they were going to kill the whole family because they were ...

of the Pretoria Twelve in 1977/8.We learnt with horror what one of us, Paulina Mohale, went through … the kind of pain that even we, as men, could not withstand, was doubly inflicted upon her… (N)evertheless … Paulina Mohale stood tall. To us that represented a focal point of admiration. We ...

... group and we went straight to the rail line. We used this cutting torch to break down this rail line, or to cut this rail line. We did not remove the one piece that we had cut from the line, we just left it there to appear as if there was nothing wrong with the line. This piece ...

... rejected allegations of torture made by detainees during the court case, he indicated in his judgement that the injuries sustained by Mdluli could not have been self-inflicted or caused accidentally, and found that most, if not all, of the injuries had been inflicted by the security police. In ...