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WHITE, KimAge Description Showing 181 to 200 of 387 First Page•Previous Page 6 •7 •8 •9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 Next Page•Last Page... to the exclusion of the other participants in the conflicts of the past. The TRC was thus inclined to approach its mandate by focusing on black-on-white and white-on-black conflicts. It was ill-equipped to deal with black-on-black conflict and explore the genesis, dynamics, purposes and ... ... together with his calls for investment and a free-market economy and his embracing of constituency politics, won him increasing support from the white business and white community at large. However, it placed him at odds with the ANC's leadership in exile. The leaders of the two parties met in ... ... apartheid. The Bernstein argument, on the other hand, applauds them for such engagement (what others have identified as a close symbiosis between white business people and white politicians). Issues of realistic choice, differential power and responsibility (which are important when making ... and the IFP emerged after the formation of COSAG in 1993. The alliance played itself out in weapons smuggling an paramilitary training, primarily on white farms and KwaZulu nature reserves. There were also a few cases where IFP and right-wing members took part in joint attacks. Paragraph 253 is ... 134 Most of those who had suffered explicit torture had done so at the hands of men, most of whom were white. Mr Thandi Shezi explained that “the female used to hand over their assault and brutalisation to their male counterparts”. However, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane said that it was women who ... ... they believed to be appropriate care from district surgeons.4 15 These circumstances were aggravated by the fact that most district surgeons were white, while the majority of the detainees were black. Because white and black people had for years been separated by apartheid policies, there was a ... ... and twenty-five other commuters were hacked to death in the September 1990 train massacre at Benrose station. The deponent in the case said that white men who had covered their faces with a black substance participated in the massacre. 239 The large number of deaths that occurred in the ... ... allowed for greater freedom to torture without fear of consequences. The testimony of many askaris at amnesty hearings was at odds with that of white members in their particular units. In their testimony, askaris highlighted the brutality of the torture and abuse that many abductees were ... ... by Pretoria. In this period the TBVC armies did not pose political or security threats to the South African government. By 1982, the Defence White Paper explicitly acknowledged the government’s favourable view on the contribution of the homeland armies. It stated that “the SADF ... ... b a restructuring of service charges on parastatals such as the South African Energy Supply Commission (Eskom) to ensure that subsidies for white-owned large-scale businesses are replaced by subsidies for the poorest black consumers; c A claim for reparations lodged against the lenders ... attempt was made to force him to write statements to this effect and that he was tortured when he refused. He alleged that Venda police brought in a white policeman experienced in electric shock torture. Farisani was taken to a room where a bag was put over his head. A glue-like substance was ... ... received several of the 25 000 contracts handed out to the private sector by ARMSCOR. They were later also required to bear the cost of releasing white employees for conscription. “None refused”. Although, because of international pressure, British firms withdrew as South Africa’s main ... ... oppressors – and of taking on the oppressor role in the future. Active intervention in this cycle is often necessary in order to break it. 70. White South Africans who were protected by the state bear scars of a different kind. Although there is no question that being a target of ... ... Day War, the Alexandra Consumer Boycott Committee launched a boycott of local businesses, particularly those owned by councillors and policemen or whites. Its demands included the withdrawal of the SADF from the township, the release of political prisoners, improved housing and electricity, ... ... at John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg, apparently by committing suicide. He had been detained on 27 November 1981 and was the first white person to die in police custody. His funeral was attended by between 10 000 and 12 000 people. 190 Security Branch member William Charles ... ... adopted by Parliament in September. The Act provides for the establishment of the Tricameral Parliament consisting of three legislative houses for whites, coloureds and Indians. In the Ongoye killings on 29 October, Inkatha-aligned ‘warriors’ at the University of Zululand kill five and ... ... System. Several businesses, in turn, benefited directly from their involvement in the complex web that constituted the military industry. 167 The white agricultural industry benefited from its privileged access to land. In most instances, it failed to provide adequate facilities and services ... ... of Lovedale and Blyswooth to the governments of Ciskei and Transkei. Indeed many properties belonging to this latter church were in so-called ‘white’ areas and the church was forced by law (which prohibited ownership of such properties) to sell them.26 Several submissions made reference to ... ... used to enforce influx control and to suppress black political aspirations. This means the army will be perceived by blacks to be the instrument of white political repression and will promote hostility towards the defence force among blacks.29 279 The SADF’s response was that the use of the ... ... and let go. 8. The play was staged at the Grahamstown Arts Festival, one of South Africa’s major arts festivals. After the play, an elderly white South African man approach e d one of the players, Ma Mlangeni, embraced her, sobbing, and then left without saying a word. For the actors, no ... |
