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school boycottsExplanation MR ERASMUS: The people involved were mostly pupils from schools and this resulted from the school boycotts. There were strikes because of labour unrest and then also the movement of Xhosas and they belonged to an organisation associated with the ANC. These people caused this chaos. ... who were fully involved in the community. And they tried to make their meetings in Ms Maria’s house - it’s when the policemen tried to disturb the school boycotts they were chasing ... "Abel Ramakosi Choane, I was born and brought up in Bloemfontein in ...(indistinct) location. At an early stage of my schooling when I was doing our Standard Four, I got involved in student politics, as a member of a class that was very active at our school. So in 1980, early 1980 I was involved ... MR ROOS: In that time, Tembisa was under the burden of large scale unrest and violence. This was manifested amongst other things, in boycotts, school boycotts, consumer boycotts and wide spread unrest. MR BOOYENS: Is it also correct that there had been school boycotts? MR VAN RENSBURG: I would not be able to give you details as to the reasons in their applications but it boiled down to the fact of their activities as their activists in the Eastern Cape, the rendering ungovernable of the vicinity, the school boycotts, the general violence and so forth. ... the audience that Prince James and Prince Cornelius at that time were trying by all means to keep peace, trying to convince the children to go to school and all that. That was of course the language they were telling to Chris Heunis and Adriaan Vlok but that was not true because these people ... ... and I think most of the people of Okasi supported or belonged to this organisation. Besides the anti-removal campaign, this was a period marked by school boycotts, consumer boycotts and Trade Union activities, which led to unrest at factories and so forth. Brits had a large industrial area but ... ... that would take place there, there was tremendous much industrial unrest. For example, 22 factories were closed during that time, there were many school boycotts, there were many industry boycotts. And then if I recall correctly, houses were also set alight which were not set alight by ... MR BIZOS: And did you know that one of the conditions which Cradora and other UDF affiliated organisations were demanding in order to put an end to school boycotts was the reinstatement of Mr Goniwe and Mr Calata? ... Security Policemen there were people like Lieutenant George Beeton and a man called Richard Rademan who was essentially my age. He had been to school in the Eastern Cape like me, and was very similar to me. It was quite an incredible experience to be interrogated, he was my handler, by ... ... 8th statement of 1985, had been met with positive revolutionary responses by the majority of people in South Africa. To mention but a few, in 1984 school boycotts in the East Rand, the local government elections in August '84, the national strike by the National Union of Mine Workers, the rent ... That’s what I am also trying to figure out because I cannot clearly get the point. Maybe I would say the reason is my family was also involved in the struggle. Even in the school boycotts I was also involved but I had no idea I was still young. ... - I come from a family of five brothers and one sister and I am the third one. I was born here in Kimberley - I grew up here and I went to school here like everybody and throughout the turbulent years as everybody knows that we never really had a proper schooling although we would talk ... school children in acts of terrorism and also instigating boycotts and stone-throwing incidents and so forth ... the 6th of September 1989 in South Africa and my information was that the organisation was responsible for, or helped with the planning of several school boycotts and also deeds of terror which included explosions. My information was that the organisation was responsible or helped with the bomb ... ... against the two activists, supposed to be members of the African National Congress, were that they were responsible for arson, consumer boycotts, school boycotts, intimidation etc. First Applicant personally made a bomb and the two repaired to the supposed address where the bomb was thrown at ... This was a rebirth of the mass congress movement and led to the formation of the United Democratic Front. Massive national school boycotts erupted the townships in 1980, and again in 1984 and 1985. MR NIEUWOUDT: No, in the same case where refer to the sjambock, I also used it in 1980 with school boycotts, so I cannot see how you can make that assumption. First Applicant testified that he was the commanding officer of the Security Branch in Tembisa from March 1986 and that he held the rank of Captain. School and consumer boycotts, unrest and violence were the order of the day in Tembisa at the time. |
