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Esikhawini hit squadExplanation ... Protection Unit Major Leonard Langeni had been implicated in a cover-up operation. (Mzimela and Langeni were both involved in the operations of the Esikhawini hit squad – see below.) On receipt of the inquest findings, the Natal attorney-general, Mr Tim McNally, declined to prosecute any but ... for “a full investigation into the alleged involvement of those persons identified by the accused as the masterminds and puppet masters behind the Esikhawini Hit Squad”. 230 In 1994, the ITU was mandated to investigate the allegations of the three accused in the Mbambo matter. In June 1996, ... ... for: a full investigation into the alleged involvement of those persons identified by the accused as the masterminds and puppet masters behind the Esikhawini hit squad. 306 In 1994, the Investigation Task Unit (ITU) was mandated to investigate the allegations of the three accused in the Mbambo ... ... in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court. 212 Politically motivated violence between supporters of the ANC and Inkatha erupted in 1991 in the Esikhawini area near Richards Bay. A meeting was called at KZP Captain Leonard Langeni’s office in Ulundi some time in early 1991. At the time, ... ... been acting unlawfully. 268 The Commission heard evidence of the active participation of members of the KZP in what has been described as the ‘Esikhawini hit squad’ which was responsible for a number of hit squad killings in Esikhawini, near Richards Bay, and surrounding areas between 1991 ... ... ACTUAL SUPPORT TO THEIR OPERATIONS. LESS FREQUENT CO-CONSPIRATORS INCLUDED PRINCE GIDEON ZULU, CHIEF MATHABA FROM NYONI AND ROBERT MKHIZE FROM ESIKHAWINI. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE HIT SQUAD ACTIVITIES, MS MBUYAZI ARRANGED WITH THE DISTRICT COMMANDANT BRIGADIER MZIMELA THAT MKHIZE BE ... ... officials conspired with senior KZP officials to set up hit squads to eliminate ANC/SDU elements. The activities of the hit squads operating in the Esikhawini area near Richards Bay, the New Hanover area of the Natal Midlands, and the activities of a hit squad known as the Black Cats in Wesselton ... ... expressed their pleasure over the killing when he reported back to them. The Killing of Sergeant Khumalo Sgt Khumalo, a KZP member stationed at Esikhawini, was killed on 8 May 1992 by members of Gcina Mkhize’s hit squad. Khumalo had been identified for assassination because he was suspected ... Reconciliation in Esikhawini, Northern KwaZulu-Natal 83 Journalist Ken Daniels describes the process of reconciliation in Esikhawini in northern KwaZulu-Natal: Hit squad members reconcile with community they terrorised The people of Esikhawini township near Richards Bay on the KwaZulu-Natal ... granted amnesty. Esikhawini unit 68. Offensive actions by the Caprivi Trainees continued under the cover of the KZP f o rce in the early 1990s. The Esikhawini hit squad, based near Empangeni, was composed of individual trainees and was controlled by a local committee of IFP leaders and senior KZP ... ... WHEN IT WITHDREW, IT FAILED TO PUT A STOP TO MARION’S UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES, PAVING THE WAY FOR FURTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO BE COMMITTED. THE ESIKHAWINI HIT SQUAD AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE TRAINEES SHOULD BE SEEN IN THIS LIGHT. INSOFAR AS IT WAS STRONGLY ARGUED THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD ... ... officials conspired with senior KZP officials to set up hit squads to eliminate ANC/SDU elements. The activities of the hit squads operating in the Esikhawini area near Richards Bay, the New Hanover area of the Natal Midlands, and the activities of a hit squad known as the Black Cats in Wesselton ... ... committed serious unlawful acts in order to support and assist Inkatha in the period prior to and during the so-called ‘seven-day war’. Esikhawini hit squad 9. The Commission found that, in 1990, senior members of the IFP conspired with senior members of the KZP to establish a hit ... ... the political landscape in the areas in which they were deployed (see separate find below);i the deployment of a joint KZP-IFP hit squad in Esikhawini township in 1990, and the resultant killing of over 100 people (see separate finding below);j the deployment of the IFP-based ‘Black ... ... BUTHELEZI, MR MZ KHUMALO, MR PIETER GROENEWALD, VICE ADMIRAL ANDRIES PUTTER, MR LOUIS BOTHA, MR CORNELIUS VAN NIEKERK AND MR MIKE VAN DEN BERG. Esikhawini hit squad IT IS THE FINDING OF THIS COMMISSION THAT IN 1990, SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE IFP CONSPIRED WITH SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE KZP TO ... ... bias in favour of the IFP, all of which contributed to the widespread commission of gross human rights abuses197 . 122. With re gard to the Esikhawini hit squad led by Gcina Mkhize, who applied for Amnesty along with others, the Commission found that in 1990, certain senior members of the ... ... were victims of attacks. Regional COSATU chairperson, Mr Muntukayise Bhekuyise Ntuli [AM5201/97], was the victim of an attack by members of the IFP Esikhawini hit squad on 26 August 1992.163 Union leaders in particular were targeted for attack by IFP members during this period and most had been ... ... armed attacks by IFP supporters in Bruntville township, Mooi River, in November and December 1990; i the deployment of a joint KZP-IFP hit squad in Esikhawini township in 1990, and the resultant killing of over 100 people (see separate finding below); j the deployment of the IFP-based ... ... gained certain notoriety for severe misconduct and partisan policing. These included Umlazi, KwaMashu, KwaMakhutha, Madadeni, Sundumbili and Esikhawini. THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE KZP WERE OVERWHELMINGLY BIASED IN FAVOUR OF THE IFP AND THAT THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF ... to dispel the notion that they were merely criminals acting in a personal capacity. Mr Gcina Mkhize [AM4599/96], a Caprivi trainee and leader of the Esikhawini hit squad, told the Amnesty Committee: MR MKHIZE: I will like to respond to the Chairperson first, before I get to the question. ... |
