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right-wing attacksExplanation MR PRETORIUS: So according to the information you had, the attacks could also have been launched by these other marchers? ... Party viewed themselves as the permanent government and then the critical distinction between government and state disappeared. Therefore any attacks on the Nationalist Party's racial policies, became viewed as attacks on the state. Helped by some newspapers, the SABC and other influential ... ... to build a house with Reverend Zuma, who is a member of the IFP in Inanda. We continued to build that house, and there were sporadic outbreaks of attacks between UDF as well as the IFP members. And one day Mr Zuma came to us, asked that we should go and stay with him so that we could assist ... members who were affected by these attacks be declared victims in terms of the Act. In making the recommendation we are quite alive to the fact that Mlaba was not there when his shack was burnt and that, in fact, no person was injured in the incident. ... his health he is unable to recall which specific operations were authorised by him. He does, however, continue to say judging from the type of attacks that were carried out by the Applicants and the political profile of the targeted persons, he is of the view that these actions, albeit ... ... regime which is dealt with more fully below. It is relevant in this regard to point out that there was scant evidence concerning these planned attacks. Mfalapitsa testified that he elicited this information from Musi who in turn denied this. As pointed out above, we accept for present ... "The Black Cats, however, refused to dissolve and instead a spate of attacks on people and property ensued. In the main, the attacks were directed at ANC members and structures. Some of the details of which of such attacks are summarised in annexure A." Having regard to the motives for the attacks, the context in which they occurred, in particular, the fact that the attacks were directed against political opponents who had the actual or perceived support of the police, we are satisfied that the applicants are entitled to amnesty. We are also ... ... that from the early to mid-1980's there was a rapid deterioration in the security situation in the country. There were an increasing number of attacks, there were boycotts, there was destabilisation, there were terrorists attacks and in consequence thereof members of the State Security ... ... result of the instruction given by Prince Gideon Zulu, that we should stop hitting single targets. Because of his involvement we should direct our attacks at groups of people. We should hit their buses which they used to go to meetings or rallies. We should hit them at their ... ... being held, indications that the new strategy was already being implemented became very clear when, between the 15th and 21st June 1985, four bomb attacks were carried out in East London and Durban. The targets were a hotel, a tearoom, a garage and a city hall ... Prior to the aforementioned murder a meeting was held by the Ado Youth League to launch attacks on white farmers in the district and in accordance with this decision, on the 17th June 1985 I was part of a group of approximately 12 males who went to the house of the deceased. Some of the group ... ... attack which occurred in December of ‘93, there was a strong suggestion made by various victims and other witnesses that APLA in planning these attacks, had been infiltrated by the security forces, whether that was the security branch of the police or military intelligence of the army. Were ... ... already on at Kempton Park, by '93 it was far advanced, it was the follow-up after CODESA, PAC was participating, do you still believe that these attacks were necessary? Don't you see that the negotiation would have gone the same way, would probably have gone the same way, without the APLA ... MR MFALAPITSA: The purpose of the training was actually military training with the objective aims of handling military weapons, and all other assortment of weapon used in guerrilla warfare attacks, of hit and run in non-military or conventional manner. they might not have been identical, they might have been the day before or the day after, but they were at the same time as there had been terrorist attacks in the ... 2.8 terrorism in respect of a conspiracy and attempted attacks on Rosebank police station; MS MTANGA: Did you know about any plot to kill anyone who refused to participate in the revenge attacks? MR VAN ZYL: But the fact is that we have heard evidence here that there were previous attacks also where there was a direct confrontation with the authorities regarding the records of patients. We asked the first witness. Unfortunately, I couldn't at that time ...(intervention) MS LOONAT: So in fact, when you planned to carry out these retaliatory attacks on the other party, were you given any particular order or instruction to do so? Or to report to anybody when you'd done so? |
