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right-wing attacks

Explanation
Prior to February 1990, violations committed by members of right-wing organisations took the form of isolated attacks with a strong racist character. During the early 1990s, members of right-wing organisations, perceiving themselves to be placed under siege by the process of constitutional negotiations for a democratic dispensation, carried out a large number of attacks aimed at securing the political interests of conservative Afrikaners. Isolated racist attacks on individuals were replaced by mass demonstrations and orchestrated bombing and sabotage campaigns. Between April 1993 and May 1994, right-wing groups engaged in a range of activities to disrupt the negotiations process then underway, and later to destabilise the electoral process. Many of these acts were directed against persons perceived to be supporters and leaders of the ANC, the SACP, the UDF, the PAC and the National Party, and resulted in gross violations of human rights. Violations of a purely racial character were also carried out against black people. During the pre-election period, the AWB and other right-wing organisations engaged in a bombing campaign with the aim of derailing the electoral process. The objective of these activities was to move towards 'overthrowing' the National Party government and to establish a Boererepubliek (Boer republic) and volkstaat. Public areas such as taxi ranks, bus stops and railway stations were targeted, as were private residential and business premises of those associated with the ANC or the unfolding democratic order. State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all. A number of formerly 'white' schools were bombed. The campaign involved many acts of sabotage, some of which led to the loss of life.

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the political leaders. And as we've heard in other matters like the Heidelberg Tavern and the St James Church and the King William's Town Golf Club attacks, the Crazy Beat Disco in Newcastle, that there appeared to be a breakdown in that structure where the decisions to identify targets were left ...
... Great Storm is responsible and it's up to us to strengthen it by attacking the farms. He didn't consider what address we would furnish for our attacks, but we would take out the command as we received it. We would just go to any other farm. The four of us, one of them was comrade Leeuw, ...
... and it included many phases which was to be carried upon, or carried out, but I will confine myself to the important phase which is now the attacks on farms or ...
... baton charging and teargas spraying by Police and the general atmosphere of harassment then prevailing. On some occasions indiscriminate attacks by the Police and students (indistinct) inadvertently, and invariably drew me to running battles and general chaotic embattlement that ...
... 1 September 1984 and 31 March 1993 in which 505 people were killed and 36 injured in the most brutal and inhumane manner imaginable; 57 landmine attacks that occurred between 26 November 1985 and 21 February 1991 in which 25 people were killed and 76 injured; 487 limpet mine attacks in which ...
... application should be refused. The reason for such recommendation is not apparent from the papers. The suggestion that Applicant was paid for the attacks was apparently also made at the criminal trial. Applicant denied in his evidence that he was paid for the attacks and this evidence is ...
MR NTONGA: Mr Maseko, you were asked about whether after the announcement by the President to stop further armed attacks whether a faction was dissatisfied continued with the attacks - do you as a commander know of any such attacks? Were you involved in any attacks despite the fact that you are ...
... a month later, Chief Buthelezi addressed a crowd in the same place at a meeting that was financed by the Security Police. Two days latter massive attacks started in the Pietermaritzburg region on non-Inkatha areas in Vulindlela, Edendale, Ashdown, Imbali, Mphopomeni and Table Mountain. This ...
... Section 20 of the Act. In the circumstances, amnesty is hereby GRANTED to the Applicants in respect of all offences and delicts encompassed by the attacks with limpet mines on the Bryanston and Randburg power stations during or about the period 1983 - ...
... objective and that the 1st Applicant has under the circumstances made a full disclosure. 1st Applicant is therefore GRANTED amnesty for arson attacks on the homes of ANC activists in Kanyamazane during ...
... left, the meeting continued and it was decided that the PAC supporters could return to their homes. They were to desist from carrying out attacks on ANC supporters or harming any member of the community. The method and the procedure suggested by the applicant and others was not ...
(Inaudible) ... that many people were killed, houses were burnt down, and that there were attacks by armed men from a neighbouring rural area outside Mpumalanga, is that right? --- That is correct.
I would like to wait for you to compose yourself or let me ask one last question. You said Mr Ntengento, due to this shooting incident you took to fits, how often do you get these attacks? --- It is after two months, some other times these attacks become too close to one another.
and the driver and Comrade Chris, and Comrade Chris is telling us that the people are complaining and the MKs here inside the country, but there are attacks that the people are complaining with, that at night there are attacks - he tell us about the death squad and also the detectives and the taxi ...
... shooting or there after. He never came across an incident where the IFP attacked children and he knew that members of the ANC were not to direct attacks on children. His intention was to destroy Makeke, the driver of the ...
During this period there were numerous armed attacks on bank vehicles, armoured vehicles, in which the criminal element was clearly discernible. These were organised attacks. During this time guards were disarmed, without killing them, and cash removed from the vehicles. During this time we ...
DR RANDERA: Now do you know if in that period before the fatal shooting of your son, there had been any attacks on the principal, physical attacks on the principal or on his home or on the school that he was teaching at?
MR NDLOVU: These that I've mentioned were direct hits, but he was behind the attacks that were carried out in the township because he was the one person who was able to move around the township. He was the person central to IFP attacks on the township.
... staying in hostels fighting the residents in the township and that it was their primary duty as SDU members to defend the community from such attacks. Significantly, all ANC members that had prior to the height of violence stayed at these hostels had moved out of those hostels because of ...
would say, at the time when we identified the old age home as a target, it happened that around South Africa, especially in Johannesburg, there were attacks in trains, there were attacks in Boipatong, Sebokeng, around Sebokeng. Black people were killed like flies. Then the understanding of Apla ...
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