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people's war

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a popular national rebellion of both trained soldiers and ordinary civilians during the mid- to late 80s. The strategy, promoted by the ANC, involved integrating armed MK combatants with mass organisations inside South African townships, and rendering the townships ungovernable through attacks on the security forces and other representatives of the state.

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symbolised the system of apartheid. The intention was to focus the attention of Whites on the liberation struggle and the effects of the liberation war being waged by the ANC. By inflicting casualties upon the white population the apartheid regime would be pressurised by and isolated from ...
During an attack by the IFP on the ANC on 26 February 1993 several ANC members were injured and Joseph Mlambo, Johannes Bengu and Themba Ngwenya were killed. That led to a discussion by 20 members of the ANC on the evening of the 1st of March 1993 where a counter attack was discussed. This ...
... led to violence and killings involving people from the same villages and even members of the same family on opposing sides.. The Committee is aware of other matters where offences were committed not only with a political objective but also involving a strong personal element and carefully ...
... the commissar's weapon for his (Deegan's) personal collection. He conceded that Deegan had made no such mention in his statement, that he was not aware of any such collection of Deegan's, that Deegan had never told applicant of such motive or collection. He could not explain why he had said ...
They all apply for amnesty in respect of murder and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. The incident which gives rise to these applications occurred on Saturday 12 February 1994 at an informal settlement at Zevenfontein in the Randburg municipal area. During the late afternoon of that ...
MR LAMEY: When you refer to "they", who are these people that you refer to?
JUDGE PILLAY: What I want to know, he sounds to me as if he is in a special position with regard to people who are assaulted, attacked. Why can't you remember that or remember his case? To me, it is no the usual type of thing?
The second attack was launched on the house of Eric Xeketwana who he had been told was an active participant in a taxi war which was causing great unrest and distress in the community. The decision to attack the house was taken by the New Crossroads African National Congress Youth League in ...
... was informed by Captain Opperman that there would be an attack upon Victor Ntuli and he was provided with a sketch plan of the house. Applicant war ordered to prepare a group of former Operation Marion trainees to execute the attack. The preparations took place near to Ulundi and it entailed ...
... targets for attack in terms of this policy. These attacks were, moreover, executed in accordance with the relevant international conventions on warfare and insofar as the Applicants were concerned they were soldiers engaged in a just war for the liberation of their people from oppression. ...
MR BOOYENS: Certainly, Chairperson, I will ask my colleagues who have got access to a library, whether they could oblige us in this regard, people like Mr Hattingh or Mr Visser or somebody like that.
ADV DE JAGER: In cases during which people were killed in landmine explosions or when infiltrations took place, were you blamed or were members of the police blamed for not doing their job and seeing to the safety of the people?
The Deceased, together with Bheki Nkosi, was arrested on Thursday 9th June 1988 in a flat he shared with the said Nkosi in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. They were arrested by members of the West Rand Division of the Security Branch who were assisted by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Applicants. After their ...
... but just in general I would like to know from you, people talk about so-called pseudo operations where an item is manufactured and then used afterwards when there is a forensic test done on it - maybe AK47 bullets were found on the scene and it is said this and this happened or that a ...
DR RANDERA: Perhaps I am asking the same question but in a different way. You have told us what happened or what your understanding of your husband was, what happened to him, can you perhaps tell us about your husband because we don't know anything about him and I think people should know who your ...
MRS TWALA: No, he just wrote the statement and thereafter I was called in by another attorney stating that that, that attorney has disappeared with other people's statements. So I was advised to take that statement and take further steps with it.
After the ousting of the Sebe regime in Ciskei through a military coup, the military government headed by Brigadier Gqozo propounded the replacement of the headmen system with democratically elected civic structures. This move was widely welcomed by the people of the Ciskei. At a later stage and ...
On the alleged orders of persons whose names he was unable to give immediately (he also did not name them in his written application) he went with others on the 10th September 1993, to a predetermined location where they robbed two people of three firearms and ammunition. He said that he was in a ...
... was forthcoming. It is not clear how many people were murdered, who they were and on who attempted murders were executed. No confirmation came forward that the applicant was indeed a member of the PAC acting on instructions or with the approval of one of their ...
In 1985 it was a very-very difficult time for many people. The township was besieged, search lights were shining in the streets, foot patrols, people weren’t allowed to come in and out - it was a very difficult time. Perhaps you can tell us what happened to your son during those circumstances.
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