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VILJOEN, PAAge Description ‘The government has ordered an investigation into a claim by Zimbabwe that three South African soldiers have been killed inside Zimbabwean territory.’ // ‘The three soldiers killed and the bodies that were displaced in Harare were all members of the ex-Rhodesian forces who fled or came to ... May deadline, including that of top ANC members Joe Modise, Ronnie Kasrils, Joe Ndlandla, Mac Maharaj and Thabo Mbeki, the former SADF head Constand Viljoen and former CCB members Joe Verster and Staal Burger. ... ... Tienie Groenewald of the Freedom Front yesterday brought in 13 amnesty applications from his party including that of former SADF head, Gen Constand Viljoen. Former National Party heavyweight Piet Koornhof submitted a surprise application as the two members of the Civil Cooperation Bureau, Joe ... Centuries ago, from war torn Europe and bitter religious strife they came from various cultures, languages and persuasions to the southern tip of Africa, not to colonise or to exchange merchandise in the first or the final place but to become what is known as free burghers. You have to be able to morally justify the means that you use for this attack. Can I put it simply? You don’t bomb the whole of Maputo for housing a small ANC base in Maputo; you try to pick out the base itself. Secondly, again proportionality, the force you use must be proportional to what you ... Good evening. Worldwide anger continues to grow in the wake of the commando raid on alleged ANC bases in the Botswana capital of Gaborone. Foreign minister, Minister Pik Botha said in September last year that the Botswana government had not been able to reach acceptable understanding with the South ... It adds to my delight today to say thank you very much Mr. President. This has now opened the way for not only myself but some of my followers, those that want to, to participate and be part of the amnesty provisions of the constitution, which does solve a lot of problems. If we should for example unearth, make a statement in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; that gets known right through the world, then some of the neighbouring countries can say but this is a contravention of our own laws and we now ask for extradition. This week, the mother of Robert Beech told the Truth Commission in Benoni that this was just one of many Defence Force lies. Robert was awarded a Pro Patria Medal and an accompanying letter stated that he would not have received it had the mission been unauthorized. In its submission to the Truth ... ... so this led to the same kind of operations here against the military bases of the liberation movements within the neighbouring countries. So, that part of the war is how that developed and it was therefore an absolute necessity for the defence of South Africa to embark on these kinds of ... Here we found the war overnight or within a couple of months completely transformed. The protection was our responsibilities. We could not send our troops in uniform into the townships because if you send a man in uniform there they are immediately seen. So we had to find some other ways of ... ... the sensitivity that was needed in order to understand the same motivations and concerns when they came from black people. Perhaps the worst of our past was that we never knew each ... The apparent involvement, in fact I should say definite involvement, of international communism within the South African crucible was a major inhibiting factor which determined Afrikaners’ reactions to this conflict. This brought a religious dimension to the perception of the Afrikaner that he ... ... I submit, failed heavily on this issue of the methods used in war. The whole concept of the revolutionary war is not acceptable and has not been passed by international community as an acceptable form of war making. Secondly terrorism is completely rejectable. Terrorism is a crime against ... It remains however a sad fact that we have to admit that the historic struggle of the Afrikaner for freedom and self realization did not bring about the sensitivity that was needed in order to understand the same motivations and concerns when they came from black people. ... our new South Africa’ // The crisis reached a critical point on March 10, Mangope asked the retired head of the Defence Force, Gen Constand Viljoen, to help and hundreds of farmers and commando members rushed to Mmabatho. But in Ventersdorp the leader of the ‘Afrikaner ... Constant Viljoen left the alliance with the other right wing parties and announced that his new party, the Freedom Front, would take part in the elections. Today the Freedom Front is the main party representing conservative Afrikaners. But it has a radically new style of politics with a good ... The hearing was attended by three former Defence Force chiefs: Constand Viljoen, Jannie Geldenhuys and Kat Liebenberg as well as senior National Party members of Parliament. Malan appealed for the acceptance of the bona fides of the members of the former Defence Force. He said he accepted the bona ... ... who was PW Botha and of course advised by the chief of the National Defence Force, General Malan, and the chief of the army, General Constant Viljoen. But operationally, the operation was under the command of the officer commanding of 101 task group, which was general Ian Gleeson. On the ... After the announcement of the extension of the deadline general Constand Viljoen announced that he will be applying and thanked President Mandela. |
