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DE BEER, JHAge Description ... and seven injured. Mnisi was believed by the security police to have been involved in the Church Street bombing in 1983. The plan to kill him was developed at a meeting attended by amnesty applicants Brigadiers Loots and Jack Cronje, as well as Colonel PR Crause, an agent by the name of ... ... 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 ... Armed Forces and Police
African National Congress
Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army
Barnard, L D
De Haas, M
Foundation for Equality before the Law: Stadler, H D
Hechter, J
Liebenberg, W R
Malan, MAde M
Ministry of Defence
Molebeleli, T
National Intelligence Agency
Odendal, C A J
Schoon, ... ... announcement of a rent increase by the newly elected Lekoa Black Local Authority in September 1984. The ensuing conflict led to a large number of deaths and to the occupation of the area by the South African Defence Force (SADF). 261 On the first day of clashes between police and residents in ... Discrimination against women 53 Former journalist and founder member of the Union of Black Journalists, Juby Met, and journalist Nomavenda Mathiane added their voices to what other black journalists had said about how people of colour were discriminated against in the newsroom. 54 Mathiane ... ■ TWO CASE EXAMPLES: TORTURERS AND ‘MOBS’ 140 Having considered the array of motives, perspectives and explanations outlined above, let us speculatively apply them in the case of two rather different forms of human rights abuses. Perpetrators’ actions cannot necessarily be understood in ... Women in prison 35 One of the most startling features of the hearing was the devastating description by women of their experiences as political prisoners. A number of witnesses told of their time as detainees and prisoners. Their conditions were different to those of men and were very severe. Ms ... First report: The Matter of S.G. Palazzolo-De Pontes. Second report: Transkei Gambling Rights. Date of Reports: 1989 Chair: HARMS, The Hon L.T.C. Ref: Anns 11, 12/1989 or S297/145 (E) 1989 Commission of Inquiry into Allegations Concerning the Involvement of any Member of the Ministers’ Council ... ■ APPENDIX AMNESTIES GRANTED AT TIME OF REPORTING AM APPLICANT MANNER DECISION DATE 6210/97 ANDERSON, FB CHAMBER GRANTED 97/09/15 8077/97 ANDERSON, GP CHAMBER GRANTED 98/04/07 0101/96 BAM, ME HEARING GRANTED 97/04/14 2878/96 BATZOFIN, S ... Massacres 547 Between 1990 and 1992 there were 112 massacres in the Transvaal. The number of massacres and the resultant death tolls escalated steadily during this period. Twenty-five incidents occurred in 1990, forty-four in 1991 and forty-three in 1992. The death tolls for these years were 217 ... State and allied groupings The Soweto uprising 119 In 1975, a directive was issued by the Bantu Education Department to schools in the Transvaal that Afrikaans was to be used on an equal basis with English as a medium of instruction in secondary schools. In February 1976, two members of the ... Township administration 149 Education was not the only source of dissatisfaction among township residents participating in the June uprising. Developments in policy for the administration of black areas were met with growing opposition in black townships. 150 In terms of the Bantu Affairs ... ... 107 In 1976, the Johannesburg area was the centre of the most sustained and violent protests the country had ever seen. 1976 has frequently been described as a turning point in South Africa’s political history. The conflict sparked by the former state’s attempt to impose Afrikaans as a ... ... ‘drive-by’ shootings, where gun-men opened fire from fast moving cars, often shooting indiscriminately at people, became an increasingly endemic. Drive-by shootings had occurred during the 1970s, particularly in the wake of the Soweto uprisings where people reported that they were ... ... an MK member, was abducted and killed eighteen days after his acquittal in the Durban trial of Dudu Buthelezi and nine others. The charges included the Amanzimtoti bomb blast for which Andrew Zondo had already been convicted and executed. 307 Amnesty applicant Captain Frank McCarter ... ... 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 ... ... military patrols. A number of civilians – both white farmers, their families, and black farm labourers – were killed when these explosives were detonated. The ANC estimates that thirty landmine explosions took place in this period, resulting in some twenty-three deaths, including those of two ... 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 ... ... 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 ... The Killing of Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo On the night of the 25 February 1991 the President of CONTRALESA, Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo [KZN/MR/077/PM; ECO/68/96UTA], was shot dead as he drove up the driveway of his central Pietermaritzburg home. Maphumulo was a chief from the Maqongqo/Table ... |