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VAN DEN BERG, Mr (first name not given)

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A member of the SAP who suffered injuries when he and twelve other policemen were attacked by ANC self-defence unit (SDU) members whilst on foot patrol in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 22 July 1992. Six policemen were injured in the exchange of fire. Two SDU members applied were granted amnesty (AC/1997/0029). See self-defence units (SDU).

... 207 In the same 2 May 1990 memorandum, Van den Berg recorded that Inkatha’s Mr MZ Khumalo (codenamed Reeva) indicated that “he had not yet given up on his idea of an armed force, or at the least ‘cells’ which could take out undesirable members.” 208 In the Wartburg area ...
... A CONSIDERABLE VARIANCE BETWEEN THE TRAINING CONTEMPLATED IN PARA 24. C.I, AND II OF THE LIEBENBERG REPORT AND THE ACTUAL TRAINING RECEIVED. IT CANNOT BE ASSUMED THAT IT WAS AT THIS STAGE THAT THE HIT SQUAD ACTIVITIES WERE FORMULATED. IT IS CLEAR FROM THE MILITARY DOCUMENTS OF 16 APRIL 1986 THAT ...
... regulations promulgated in 1960 in the wake of the Sharpville massacre provided for wider grounds on which people could be detained but did not provide for substantial periods of detention without trial. Under this legislation approximately 12 000 people were detained. Despite the ...
... out of the vehicle and seek shelter. “We believed that, with a show of force, we would be able to arrest them,” Van der Merwe said. Although not actively involved in the operation, he supervised the formulation of the plan. 379 Sehlwana said his task as a member of the security police ...
... to the death of six alleged MK members, took place on the Breslau Road near Alldays on 10 July 1986. The following applied for amnesty for this incident: Mr JH Kruger [AM4147/96], Mr LM Pretorius [AM4366/96], Mr MM Sehlwana [AM3747/96], Mr NS Coetzee [AM4121/96], Mr PA Dreyer [AM 4128/96], Mr JAN ...
... main source of information came from the ‘twisted’ confessions of people seeking amnesty who had told the Commission what it wanted to hear. He noted with regard to the Caprivi and Esikhawini hit squad operatives: This distortion clearly happened in the testimony of discredited witnesses and ...
... OF THE IFP AND OF THE KZP, FOR THE ELIMINATION OF POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AFFILIATED TO THE ANC AND COSATU AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE SAP WHO WERE NOT SEEN TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE IFP. THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE HIT SQUAD LED TO GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING KILLING, ATTEMPTED KILLING, ...
... [AM6304/97]. MR MASHELE: We met at Luthuli House [ANC Head office]. I met him, I asked him what he did there because I’m fully convinced it was not motivated by any good intentions, that he must apologise to me for that and this was done seriously because I wanted him to take an opportunity ...
... fateful night of June 13/14 1985. It all began on 10 December 1976, when police from John Vorster Square raided and ransacked our home. They did not have the decency to tell us what they were looking for. Their language was spiced with the violence of words. Yes, this was the beginning of the ...
acts or mental state. 106. The tribunals have interpreted each of the elements of Article 7(1). In terms of the Blaskic case4 5, an ‘order’ does not need to be in writing or in any particular form. It can be explicit or implicit and can be proved through leading evidence of a circumstantial ...
P i e t e r mari t z burg in 1988. They were recruited on the recommendation of the local tribal authorities. The main criterion for recruitment was not education, standing in the community or reputation but simply membership of Inkatha. After a brief training, they were attached to the Riot Unit ...
... On the one hand, General MacArthur, Chief Justice Stone and the military commission considered it to be a dereliction of duty for a Commander not to control the behaviour of his troops. The approach embodies a ‘should have known or must have known’ a p p roach. Justice Murphy’s ...
... body was found. 199 Mr Morgan Nogaga Gxekwa [AM5686/97] applied for amnesty as a founder member of both Poqo and APLA. WHILE THE COMMISSION TAKES NOTE OF THE EXPLANATION TENDERED BY THE PAC THAT ITS ACTIVITIES IN THE EARLY 1960S NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE “LAND WARS OF THE ...
 
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