Umkhonto we Sizwe

GRANTED: amnesty in respect of the harbouring of two Umkhonto we Sizwe cadres at his place of residence during June 1987.

... commencing in March of 1993, I was actively and directly engaged in the initiation of multilateral talks between the South African Defence Force, Umkhonto we Sizwe and the other statutory and non-statutory military forces in South ...

Rev B FINCA: Were they APLA soldiers or did they belong to Umkhonto we Sizwe?

Do you also know that during the 60’s he was the head of - he was of the Umkhonto we Sizwe.

needed a paramilitary capacity to deal with the actions of Umkhonto we Sizwe and its cadres. It was also anticipated that the attacks against KwaZulu might intensify or escalate to a state of an all-out war. Accordingly what was required was a corps of well trained men who could fight back should ...

8. At a secret meeting in June 1961 the ANC decided to establish an armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) - Spear of the Nation. They purchased a small farm, called Lilliesleaf, from which to conduct "operations", while Mr Mandela visited several countries to gain support for their campaign ...

It is clear that the applicant's acts were done in furtherance of the aims of Umkhonto we Sizwe and that they were associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past.

MR DLAMINI: When I was still young I joined the Azanian Student Movement. From there on I joined COSAS. After a while in 1985 I joined Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC.

... African Defence Force as a conscript and then in the Active Citizen Force. The bulk of my military training has been as a commander in the former Umkhonto we Sizwe. I was, as I said earlier, a colonel in the South African Army and I have now civilianised in the Ministry of Defence. So that's ...

Yes, what? Were you to identify ANC cadres, in other words people - ANC Umkhonto we Sizwe members trained outside and then coming into the country? --- Yes, those were the ones that were to be - that were identifying people, not me. I was accompanying them.

a civil case against the former minister of law and order, Mr Hernus Kriel, where the Courts ruled in favour of the plaintiff and awarded the former Umkhonto we Sizwe commander a sum of R180 000 for illegal detention and torture in custody of the Vaal Triangle security police. Now what I am ...

CHAIRPERSON: May I ask, are you saying you were never told that there had been this successful raid on an ANC base, I think we can call it, where 13 of the leading members of Umkhonto we Sizwe had been killed?

According to the information which you - you received he was involved in the ANC’s Military Wing - the MK - Umkhonto we Sizwe. So he was a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe?

... presented itself, to act against her. After these incidents, applicant fled the country and received military training under the auspices of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress. He subsequently returned to the country and was deployed on Umkhonto weSizwe ...

... Congress was close to me and Congress had to come straight to me. In 1985 there was a directive from the ANC in exile that certain units from the Umkhonto we Sizwe would not be trained outside the country, but they would be trained inside the country and so we realised that we were going to be ...

All the applicants testified that at the time of the incident they were members of the African National congress as well as of its military wing Umkhonto We Sizwe. they formed part of a unit of Umkhonto We Sizwe which was deployed particularly for the assassination of persons engaged in the ...

... be saying. I would like to take you through the period when you actually joined the ANC and in your statement you said you became the Commander of Umkhonto e'Sizwe, can you just take us through that period ...

... any responsibility for his death? In his autobiography, Joe Slovo said of Hlapane's death: "In 1983 he was executed for his treachery by a unit of Umkhonto we Sizwe." (Joe Slovo, "The Unfinished Autobiography", p. 158) ...

3. Non-combat support for sanctioned military operations carried out by operatives of Umkhonto we Sizwe's Special Operations Unit during or about the period September 1988 until December 1989.

MR SANDI: Was he also a member of Umkhonto We Sizwe?