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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 State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all.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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MR SCHOON: Paragraph 17, due to the control which the security forces maintained within the borders of the RSA, most of these attacks were orchestrated from the RSA’s neighbouring states, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique and Lesotho. In this regard I refer to the general background as sketched in ...
Chairperson, in that statement and in his evidence, he gave various examples of explosions and attacks by MK cadres, ANC supporters, which took place all over the country. During this period of time there was a marked intensity of such explosions. Also, he gave evidence to you in regard to the ...
but I remember that when we were talking about these targets they said they wanted -they suggested that what if they keep those grenades for further attacks, so that if they were being attacked they should defend with those grenades. We told them that those handgrenades were supposed to be thrown ...
... the conventional manner in which the warfare had been done out of the country, was not sufficient and I would also like to mention that internal attacks by means of bomb explosions and others by the ANC and others had led to great loss of life and damage in the Republic of South Africa. ...
... Now it is a given fact that the IFP made it it's official policy that they did not stand for any violence and that they did not take part in any attacks on anybody, let me say so that there were no orders given, but if you look at the IFP's political structure on a more ground level, you will ...
MR NTANTISO: The manner in which the three of them came, we saw them as a threat in our office because the PAC offices those days were subject of frequent attacks and even the PAC members were being attacked by the police and SADF members.
During any of these marches or attacks in which Mr Zulu was a party, did you see him do anything specific?
the left leg, that was on the 17th of August 1992. On that day a bullet was removed from your left thigh. So what I want to put to you is that the attacks that you are talking about took place after the attack on Boipatong, and not ...
Majola thus felt the deceased posed a threat to the area and that their death would cause the attacks to cease. He also felt that the deceased had come to the meeting to destabilise things and didn’t want development in the area.
... legislation, several States of Emergency, constant threats of closure, which were very real, bannings or censorship and sustained Government attacks on the English press and TML newspapers in particular. We did not doubt the willingness of Government to act against the media if given the ...
is unsure if children were also attacked in his particular area. Under cross-examination he was unable to give names and numbers of victims of such attacks. Obviously, the incident having happened several years ago, his failure of memory in this regarded should not be counted against him. In ...
... that he was a dangerous man.  It was not possible to keep him under constant surveillance and to prevent him from getting a firearm and start attacks on government supporters.  He discussed the situation with his superiors and it was decided to supply him with a "doctored 9 mm Colt ...
Sir, in response to the question whether there was a decision taken to protect yourselves from possible attacks, you said as far as you knew it was reported to the management of ISCOR and thereafter police began patrolling around the Kwamadala Hostel, is that correct?
... was for about 2 years and then there were around end of ’89 the end of 1990 there where assurances from Magnus Malan that there would be no further attacks on front line states and my armed guards were removed. And after February the 2nd - although we kept saying we shouldn’t be naïve we ...
DR ALLY: I am just going to ask you a few questions just to help us with our work. You say that there were many other bomb attacks in others houses, in other streets that time in Atteridgeville. Can you just tell us, if you can, a little bit about what was happening in Atteridgeville at that time ...
What I think should be put to him - I don't propose to put all the attacks on PAC people, but page 76, paragraph 1.9 and onwards, about the meetings, that the PAC apparently state that a meeting was arranged on the 1st of January 1991, to discuss the problems facing Munsieville. The meeting was ...
CHAIRPERSON: But you were charged with some other attacks including these ones that are referred to in Exhibit A?
MR HLONGWANE: It was staying ...(indistinct) and be on the lookout for the attackers because they would carry out attacks and I would also be involved in making the community aware and warning them of the attackers if they approach.
... such documentary proof. I find it hard to reconcile that if the applicants had played an active role in the community, to safeguard them against attacks from the IFP, that they couldn't bring one single witness to corroborate that evidence, which would have given this Committee an easy task to ...
MR MTHWANA: We countered attacks from the A Team as well as from the Boers who would be in the company of the A Team.
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