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people's warExplanation Showing 421 to 440 of 1003 First Page•Previous Page 18 •19 •20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 Next Page•Last PageThe applicant states that during the 1980s there was a very serious upsurge of political activity and mass mobilisation in Port Elizabeth. The United Democratic Front ("the UDF") was on the forefront of many actions against the Nationalist Party Regime and perceived collaborators. In this context ... MR BOTES: Yes, it was to cause chaos. Specific things were not mentioned, it was just to cause chaos and to receive publicity for the people who were higher up, the leaders, to make their hands stronger in the negotiations for those of us who wanted a Volkstaat. MS GABRIEL: I'm afraid that's not how I understood Mr Wasserman's evidence. I understood him to say that if, and please correct me if I'm wrong, that if Mr Ninela was obliterated in ways that he wouldn't be able to be identified, that would help spread, or assist in having people believe that ... JUDGE NGOEPE: Can I ask you with regard to - you mentioned that it has become necessary for you to consult with people of some authority within the Conservative Party, but I thought that as early as in March this year when the application was served or thereabouts, already there was some indication ... MR BOOYENS: And did you find out by means of the press later on, that explosions had taken place during which people had been killed? In the late 1970s he joined the then Port Elizabeth Black People's Congress ("PEBCO"); the Congress of South African Students ("COSAS") and other anti-apartheid organisations which operated in the area. He was very much involved in their activities and campaigns which entailed inter alia ... One of the witnesses who testified, having been called by the family of the deceased, was one Ntombi Jane Mosikere. She worked for DPSC and knew the deceased. Her duties entailed taking statements from ex-detainees and referring these with complaints to doctors and lawyers for assistance. She ... Later the bomb did explode as planned causing extensive damage to the building outside to which the motor vehicle was parked. The explosion also caused the deaths of a few people and injuries to many people all of whose names are listed hereunder. 5th, 6th and 9th Applicants were ... MR TAIT: Chairperson, we were told that this house was being used as a transit house, where PAC members who were going to infiltrate or ex-filtrate the country would stay overnight and that the persons living there were involved in bringing these people into the country. Mkosana says although he never intended the order to be a command to all the platoons, when the Jongilanga Crescent platoon started firing, all the platoons fired. This was in spite of the fact that none of the other platoons were in danger of being attacked. The so-called break-away group of ... Within a short while after the incident, it was discovered that the Special Constables had attacked the wrong house and that the people who were killed and injured, were not the intended victims. Thereafter frantic and feverish attempts were made by some of the applicant's superiors in the Police ... A few days later the applicant heard about the death of a person who had been necklaced near Road 18. Warrant Officer Kruger then informed him that the deceased person was in fact the same person to whom the envelope was delivered. A statement from a doctor Sandile Gwale was obtained from the ... MR MORE: I'm referring to Dos Santos and the other two. Those are the people responsible for taking Morudi out of our car to their car. With regard to the remaining Applicants, it is clear that Khubeka was a political opponent and that her abduction took place within the context of the conflicts of the past. The object of her abduction was for the purposes of questioning her regarding her activities and the identities of the ... On 8 October 1990 Howmore Ngcobo came to the applicant’s home with other comrades. They decided to go to the Point Road in Durban as they knew that this place was frequented by white people. They decided at a meeting in Point Road where they met other comrades that a certain shop would be robbed ... Section 20(3)(c) refers to the legal and factual nature of the acts. In many hearings before the Committee the legal and factual nature of the offences were that people, and in certain instances, innocent bystanders or children were killed or attacked. ... put by Mr Donan, Griebenauw said that he was never told of a convention signed by the South African Government in 1949, relating to internal wars. He wasn't aware that his convention specifically forbade torture of people who were either injured who had been detained during a war. ... MR MBONGWA: Broadly it was in terms of the context and how that strategy needs to be operationalized. The issue was integrate the political machinery as well as the military machinery. Continue to develop strong viable underground structures of Umkhonto weSizwe so is of the political machinery of ... Questioned about his own motive the Applicant replied that he wanted to stop attacks and the murder of farmers and aged people. He believed that the murders were committed by political activists and that were motivated by what was said by political leaders and slogans that they sang and that it ... Applicant alighted at Boboyi and walked towards his home. When he was near the Sister Joan's School he heard people swearing at him. Looking back he noticed that it was the same group he met at Port Shepstone. He decided to fight the group. |
