DE BEER, Elizabeth

MK actions and state response 129 From the mid-1970s, there were a number of trials of people who had undergone military training, and in many cases detainees were interrogated and tortured before being brought to trial. In most instances, the suspects had not been involved in any operations, ...

... received many reports of shootings by security forces during the education protests that spread to the Eastern Cape after 1976. Many of the detentions reported were related to these protests. 98 The BCM gained momentum in the mid-1970s and developed a strong following in the Eastern ...

Torture in custody 120 Detentions continued in both homelands throughout this period. These were associated mainly with the education protests and with protests against independence. The Commission received several reports of deaths in detention in the Eastern Cape in the late 1970s, both ...

Covert Military Intelligence operations: Somerset East and Cookhouse 249 Conflict in Somerset East began in late 1984. Residents held meetings to discuss problems with rents and with the beer hall. The focus of their grievances was Mr Joel Memese, Chairman of the KwaNojoli Community Council. On ...

... SOUZA, Colin Mark DADASE, Matoto DAHILE, Henry Barnabas Loshe DAKI, Xolisa Lennox Nkonkobe DAKI, Xosheni Francis DAKISI, Thabo Phillemon DAKUSE, Monde DALI, Anthony Sureboy DALI, Funzani Metha DALIWE, Mnyamana DAMANE, Dumisani Christopher DAMANE, Mlungisi Abednego DAMANE, Songezile Zephania ...

... formed MK came from that region. MK engaged in a number of acts of sabotage in the Eastern Cape as part of its ‘armed propaganda’ campaign. Academic Tom Lodge records that Port Elizabeth was the region most seriously affected by the ANC’s sabotage campaign, with fifty-eight attacks ...

... Goniwe, the popular principal of the Lingelihle Secondary School, and his nephew Mr Mbulelo Goniwe were approached by Mr Arnold Stofile, an ANC underground activist based at Fort Hare university, and asked to build organisation in Cradock and other Karoo towns. In 1983 he was instrumental in ...

... and Burgersdorp. 194 The mid-1980s was the most violent period for Aliwal North and surrounding areas. Political protest centred around students at Malcomess High School in the Dukathole township, and the UDF-affiliated Aliwal North Youth Congress was formed. 195 The first clashes ...

... 21 March 1985 170 In March 1985, tensions in Uitenhage townships reached boiling point. Between 8 and 10 March, police reported twenty-three incidents of arson and eighteen of stone-throwing, causing damage estimated at R220 000. The Minister of Law and Order, Mr Louis le Grange, had visited ...