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Umkhonto we SizweExplanation ... many priests have belonged to it - many religious people of many faiths have belonged to the ANC. The ANC was also identified almost entirely with Umkhonto we Sizwe - in other words the only picture which was given to the South African public was of an organisation with only one goal - violence, ... ... and it further became common cause that at all relevant times, this applicant was both a member of the African National Congress and a member of Umkhonto we ... Siphiwe Nyanda (the 1st Applicant), Solly Zacharia Shoke (the 2nd Applicant) and Malekolle Johannes Rasegatla (the 3rd Applicant) were all members of the African National Congress ("the ANC") and Umkhonto we Sizwe ("MK"). early part of the year at a time that he actually cannot remember precisely, but reasonably early in the year, he had had contact with the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Mr Chris Hani. In that contact, of which there were several, he had received an order which related to a general order. Now this ... ... Police were responsible for. What it involved was giving to young Comrades, grenades that people pretended to be from the underground, from Umkhonto we Sizwe, giving these youths these hand grenades which were, which were booby trapped, so that when you pulled the pin out the ... ... of assault, and did not exclude women on the basis of their sex. Thenjiwe Mtintso, a former journalist, member of SASO and later a commander in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), described her experience of detention and interrogation as one of constant physical assault and abuse of her womanhood. ... ... with the ANC underground operatives and carried on to do what we wanted to do, you know, and that happened. It was some of the first operatives of Umkhonto we Sizwe that were sent in that we were able to connect with. This was about October, November in 1976, but by that time we had also ... MR WILLS: And have you ever had, have you ever been a member of Umkhonto We Sizwe or had any training, military training? ... that. It so happened that I said right next to Akipi of the ANC, opposite his cell. I was very older than this guy opposite me. He was a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe. He taught me politics. If I hadn't met him I wouldn't have survived that life. You know he was an orphan, which was the most ... The applicant is a former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe ("MK"), the military wing of the African National Congress ("the ANC"). He is presently a high ranking officer of the South African National Defence Force. He is seeking amnesty for a wide range of incidents, namely, conspiring to attack ... ... clear, and it was not challenged, that the first two applicants as well as being members of the UDF were also members of the organisation known as Umkhonto we Sizwe and had received certain training of a military nature. ... ... all committed in Mdantsane in 1993. The Applicant was a member of the African National Congress ("ANC") and a trained cadre of its military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ("MK"). It is in this capacity that the offences were committed by the Applicant. The deceased was a member of the Ciskei Police ... "There was a meeting because our people were dying. They were being killed by the ANC people and Umkhonto we Sizwe. Dlamini said this problem must be reported to Buthelezi." left the manuscript with him. When De Kock read the manuscript, it appeared to have been an autobiography of how the writer, ostensibly a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe ("MK") came to join the struggle against the apartheid State. It was about the size of an A4 or A8 paper and it was quite clear ... Is it correct that Mzizi helped many people, as well as Mr Mxenge, the attorney? --- So that they would recruit the youth to go to Umkhonto we Sizwe. Now, that caused him to be harassed, that is where we are going to start, that is from 1979, tell us what happened and tell us what were the ... MR NGUBANE: Were those people that made statements in terms of Section 29, Umkhonto We Sizwe people? MR CURRIN: You stopped your schooling in 1977 as a direct result of the Soweto riots and you then went into exile and joined the African National Congress and UmKhonto we Sizwe. Is that correct? ... the big submission, we interviewed Tenjiwe Mtinso who describes her treatment by junior, more junior officials, by more junior members of Umkhonto we Sizwe who threatened her with rape. She is a senior ... ... you and to them is only to accept the bona fides of the members of the South African Defence Force involved. I hold no brief to speak on behalf of Umkhonto we Sizwe ("MK"), but am prepared to accept that, as an organization, it also acted bona fide in the furtherance of its ideals, irrespective ... MRS BOIKHUTSO: Yes, he told me that he is a member of the Umkhonto we Sizwe and he could die any time or be arrested or he can leave the country. That is what he told me and it was in the evening when he told me that and he left the following day. He said to me, please take care of my children ... |