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states of emergencyExplanation ... as sources of orders. To reach a level of trust and acceptance one soon learnt to respond to the full spectrum of these sources of tasks. The states of emergency also granted certain extraordinary powers which as an officer and a de facto section head I could make use of. Capable members ... In an attempt to promote stability and relative peace the further instrument of the emergency regulations were introduced by the declaration of states of emergency and that was also made available to the security fraternity. At best this could only be preventative in the short term but it was ... MR MEMANI: And there was a state of emergency, a series of states of emergencies were declared? ... yet a state of emergency was declared in this area. A state of emergency is based on perhaps, I mean if we look at any areas in South Africa where states of emergency were declared, there was a great deal of unrest. Was that what was happening in Moutse at the time? I know there was a court ... MR LAX: Sorry, I've got to stop you here and just make this comment. It certainly didn't stop the Government having states of emergency and detaining thousands and thousands of people in spite of the applications to Court, in spite of the press, in spite of everything. I mean the fact is, they ... ... I was once again detained during the state of emergency. I was in detention for seven and a half months, during which time I must stress that I was neither tortured nor assaulted. I came out in 1986 - there was a twilight period between the two states of emergency and the MR ERASMUS: I've just got to picture where I would be, probably about eight years, 1988, give or take a year. There was two States of Emergency, in '85 and '88. I think my efforts were particularly valuable during the repeated declarations of states of emergency, when publication of so-called unrest related incidents was prohibited, yet statements made in Parliament were excluded from such prohibition. ... had to be made, people had to be convinced and the point about Section 29 is that it was directed to an inquiry into facts and it specifically states that you could only hold a person until he makes a satisfactory statement. So, in that restricted way, yes, detention could have helped but ... MR ERASMUS: That was standard equipment that we carried with us all the time, Ma'am, right through the states of emergency. We asked for and we were given additional weaponry and that car always had that equipment in and I always carried, without exception, in fact it was orders that we were not ... Soldiers had no authority to arrest, to search, to detain, investigate offenders and offences. They had no schooling in court directed processes, Mr Chairman, (leaving aside the situation which pertained in times of states of emergency and at the present time). It was reported in the media from the time of the various states of emergency which were promulgated in the 1980's. I submit with respect to you that if one looked at this application in which amnesty was granted on this basis, it is so wide that if one tried to distinguish the present applicants ... I think the second unspoken thing for me is, I had been working in communities other than white for quite a while and not only here but also in the States and came back and I’ve come back to a pretty conservative white community I think and working there I thought, oh please no, but I think in my ... Mr Chairman I have difficulty with remembering States of Emergency etcetera. I am a criminal investigator - I was not a fey with political investigations. It could have been - there could have been state of Emergency in ’86 I simply cannot recall. It didn’t make my work any easier or anymore ... MR KLOPPER: Chairperson, if I may state it as such, I started at the Security Branch in 1987, I think and then there was this whole ...(indistinct) about the red danger and there were these states of emergency, many people were arrested. I cannot recall specifically whether Mr Mbuli was detained. ... The Congress of South African Students was banned and activists detained. From 1985 to 89 the State attempted to crush resistance through States of Emergencies, bannings, banning organisations, censoring the media and detaining and killing activists. It was the youth who were most ... The actions of the young were criminalised. Protest was outlawed under States of Emergency that did not distinguish between the treatment of adults and children. The provisions of the Child Care Act and the Criminal Procedure Act were abrogated as children were tortured, interrogated and ... ... of, inability of those women to have children. These forms of cruelty were not simply experienced by women, but also by children. During the States of Emergency girls as young as 14 were detained, tortured, beaten and teargassed. ... Damage to property and theft belonging to the S.A.C.C., the UDF, and the Release Mandela Campaign during states of emergency - January 1986 and thereafter. |
