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WHITE, KimAge Description ... It was a violent system of government which denied the majority of people their basic freedom and dignity and granted special privileges to white people. During this time of oppression and the often violent opposition to it the public morality of our people were fundamentally undermined. ... ... a special documentary on a group of people in our country that many South Africans haven’t taken proper notice of, the tens of thousands of young white men who were forced by military conscription to wage war in neighbouring states and against their fellow citizens in the townships. Until then, ... There were the cynics of course, some called it the ‘crying commission,’ but often they were white or old allies of apartheid and scared of the guilt that came with hearing the truth, but then there were those who became part of the telling and through that some sort of reconciliation. // You ... ... then she pulled out the tray. At the time it was marked ‘unknown’ and when she pulled him out I saw him he had blood all over him and he had a white shirt, but it had bullet holes all over in fact it was just ... ... go to New Castle, and fire arms are already New Castle, and when we arrive in New Castle we’ll attack places which are usually frequented by white ... Our newspaper’s staffs were generally too white and in the critical editorial area black staff began to be introduced on any serious scale only during the 1970s. It’s also our view that our company’s newspapers made insufficient attempts to generate news from disadvantaged communities and we ... ... every day of my life at Central was in fear. I cannot remember my … teacher’s name, but I can remember on the corner of 14th and Park street white men trying to turn over a 1954 Chevrolet with an elderly black man in it. The fear to this day, I get chill bumps. I did nothing. I went along, ... But what about those who fought against white domination? Let’s ask young activists who listened to the Mtimkulu story in the Truth Commission this week. // Siphiwo is a hero. Siphiwo will always be a hero. // This week at the Truth Commission it was a mother’s turn to speak of her son who had ... ... the state then was that this was an example of African brutality. The truth we know now is that this repulsive form of killing was first started by white Rhodesian security forces in the 1970s and then brought to South Africa by the security police. Policemen burnt Siphiwo Mtimkulu, and Topsy ... ... something like this. In the office, yes we’re a rainbow nation and in the taverns and in the pubs it’s something like staff, black people staff white people. And I’m not sure if that is reconciliation. At a personal level, if there were gestures to respond to then perhaps we could work ... ... kill him. // On the 8th of November Hester Grobbelaar heard a radio news report of two people who had been shot at Nuni put. They were Jurgens White and her son. The police told her that the two had committed suicide. They also said that a large number of weapons and ammunition were found in ... Also a time to discuss forgiveness, versus justice. The need for the truth, white fears and the role of the Truth Commission. On Wednesday night we joined Siphiwo Mtimkulu’s former comrades and friends to debate and discuss these issues. They are all former or current members of the South African ... in a place where there’s people of all races and all ages, particularly younger people, the future of the nation. It doesn’t matter being black, white, yellow, whatever, we’re not having that discussion, that is very good as it is now. But it is the new people that will continue with the ... ... he had fallen I called upon Magoda and May to come and pick him up and put him into some bushes nearby. I called Mr. Petrus Nkgwedi to catch the white ... was in there Sithole took the sjambok and hit him. Sipho seemed to be the person who was already beaten before I arrived. One of the policemen was a white one, instructed Sipho to stand up. Then he kicked very hard to Sipho. Every time I asked them not to continue beating ... My impression with great piety your honour, my impression was that he was extremely militant because of the conflict of the black ideology and the white really came to the fore. // He was a leader among the people involved in the schools unrest. He was also responsible for chasing pupils out of the ... look at what went wrong in the past and it stimulates debate among the different groupings called to testify. This week representatives of black and white business as well as very vocal and angry COSATU workers came together in Johannesburg to talk about apartheid and the economy. It was in many ... ... the security door. They killed 31 year old Mrs Gerda van Wyk of New Castle and wounded Mr Chris Malone of Ladysmith. The attackers then fled in a white Toyata ... ... had converted to Christianity and started a regular church service in jail. // Not only the three people who had died at Louis Trichardt, but also White and Grobbelaar. This really upset me, and I feel responsible for their deaths, in the sense that I was the leader of the organisation. I ... ... have been and in its place came ‘Triomf’, ‘triumph,’ victory. The sterile suburban streets that emerged were indeed seen as a triumph for white rule. The spirit of Sophiatown was broken, its people dispersed. But in the life of a nation 40 years is not that long and last year Triomf ... |
