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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 State property was also targeted, especially following the announcement that the Group Areas Act was to be repealed and schools opened to all.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 applicant states that his motive in committing the offences was to enable him to make direct attacks against racially mixed schools and churches with the view to derailing the government in the democratisation process it was pursuing.
... prevent the attack. During February 1990 the area in which the applicant lived was attacked by the IFP on three occasions. In the course of these attacks, which were carried out in the presence of the police, some UDF members and some IFP members were killed and a number of houses were burnt ...
Mr D NTSEBEZE: These hard actions were armed attacks on...
... times the Church Street bombing was also mentioned as well as the Magoo's Bar bombing and the attack on an English church in the Cape. In these attacks innocent people were killed and others were injured. ...
done to increase the ground value of the previously mentioned place and this what I regard as a bizarre idea of making it an independent state. The attacks by Mbokoto on the residents of Moutse are also, in my opinion, not launched to force them into that but to intimidate them and also terrify ...
MR VALLY: This Dr Hendriks who publicised claims of chemical attacks in Angola, he has been convicted of fraud in Belgian ...(intervention)
and Rooi Els.  Hein Grosskopf was a fugitive from justice at the time and was suspected by the Security Police of having perpetrated a number of attacks inside South Africa.  The burglaries were undertaken in an attempt to obtain information that could be utilised to arrest Mr Grosskopf or ...
... to withdraw and then my friends came and told me that they have had several meetings and informed us about the latest developments regarding the attacks. Then those who were not for it decided to withdraw. Then I realised that it was a mature group, organisation and then 86 January on the ...
... countries. We also denied that we had killed people in neighbouring countries, that we were acting on a cress-border basis, that we were launching attacks. On the contrary, with regard to the Chand incident, the attack on Botswana during which Mr Andreiowitch himself was involved and was also ...
At St Pauls Church in Jabavu as the assaults by police on children in schools spread and the police supported attacks by hostel dwellers on township residence increased, a war of physcosis showed itself. The weekly reports by parishioners to the congregation at the end of Sunday services showed ...
ADV PRINSLOO: Mr Van Eyck, are you aware that during the so-called onslaught against the country, use was made of all sections of the community to combat this onslaught and attacks by terrorists?
... I saw a Hippo parking at my gate, and children were assaulted. There were some of the comrades who were guarding me every night because of the attacks that were done on me. When I looked at this situation of these children being assaulted I went to the policemen and I said, "What do you ...
... satellite camps of Crossroads and KTC were not only evicted without a court order, but their homes were burnt and over 60 people were killed during attacks on their homes. Thousands of people had their right to access to adequate housing violated through killings and other severe ill treatment. ...
... of terror in the Thokoza and Natalspruit areas during the period 1991 to 1993. It also became clear that in their involvement in these various attacks (albeit against the background of general political unrest in that area where clashes between the supporters of the ANC and the supporters of ...
... her company at the time, which included the deceased.  She indicated that on this occasion the deceased was a victim and not a perpetrator of any attacks as testified to by the Applicant.  It is not immediately apparent whether Ms Hlanga and the Applicant were referring to the same ...
... applicant for an assault, a person could be charged with assault on a person unknown to the State. If one takes the case, for instance, of the dog attacks on certain people which were captured on video, if those people for instance could not be found but you had other evidence of an assault, the ...
ADV BOSMAN: But according to your statement and your evidence, your orders were to establish underground units. Did that also entail an order for attacks?
... a problem in that its members were being attacked by gangsters. Members of the Task Force were tasked by the PAC to defend its members against the attacks. He says he did not know who those gangsters were and where they were to be attacked in ...
... the Republic of South Africa. He frequently returned to Mocambique to report to his commanders about possible targets identified by him for attacks in order to enhance the cause of the ...
... the ANC, only a 10 year old did not know that the UDF was a front for the ANC. Through its foot-soldiers like the applicants applied its policy of attacks on hard targets, being inter alia the South African Police and the SA Defence Force and other reactionaries or perceived reactionaries like ...
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