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~~:m~ Independent Boord of Inquiry
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gmRT or THI IHIlIjPEII]lEIIT BOARD or I IIQ(JIRX lOB 'I'HI IIOIfTH or
• CQHTEt!'I'S
I. li!TRODUCtIOJ!;._ •.••.•.•..••.•.••.•...•..•.••. __ ..• l
II. StAXE lNSTlTUTIQHS;
1. ".. South Atric.n POlio. (SAP) ..•..•.....•. • •... • •.. 1 - •
~. ttl. south African Detenc. roree. (51L1Jr'j .••••••••••••• 4 - 5
III. RIG,""I"G ACTlYXTIM'
• ATI'ACKi OK INplYIDUAI4; •• ____ ................ 7 - a
V . REEf VIOLENCE'
1. Train Att.acQ •• _ •••••• • •• • •• • • _ .•• _._ • •• • • ••••••••• 8 - 10
2 . ".. xa.t bnd •••. . ••.••• . •• • .••.•. _,_ .•.• • .•••.••• 10 - 11
l. ".. Colliolton.l C-i .. ion .•••• .. ••. . .•...••.....•• . ll - 12
4. 'l1l. oav.yt.on Inqu.at ••..••••...••. .. • •••••.....••. 12 _ 1]
5 . een.ral .•••••..•••••...•••••• . .••. . .•••••......••••.... 12
VI. tLUAL..;,
Ttl. TruIIt Fee ""a .. cno ...... .. .. . ...... . .. . . .. ...... . . 14 • 2. 'rb. ""pb...-lo Inqu .. t . ....... . .... . ..... . .............. 15
VU. CISUIIDQllpg;
1. ANC.nd PAC cl •• "-........ .. .......................... 1'
2. Ciaksi. • . .•. • • •... •••••••. . •.••• .. ••••.•• . .••••••. 17 - 20
VIII. COIICWSIOII' •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 20
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I. J tlTBOQUCTIOl!
TMo .o.t iaport&nt dev.l~t in the field of int'or.al
rapr ... ion tni. _nth v •• the abort ot the COIIi •• lon ot
Inquiry into pUblic viohnoo and intu.ldation .... ded by Itr
Juett ... Goldstona. Legal t ..... atta",Ung the c-i •• ion are
optbiatic about the long tano .ttect it could have on
political .... 101.....,.. ".. _rd "Ul '"' .... rJting .. ary cl ... dy
with ~ c-iadon and intor.atlon 9.th • ...." "ill bot.
continou.ly foravarded to itA otficara.
On the ........r.ttv. aida, the.r. ...... indicat!.,... that _rs ot
the South ~rl"lc:an Poll ... {SAP} an. atill OI*nting with •
~total o_laught" pbil...apby . on.. I:1nding. ot the Davayton
Inque.t IncHcau that thano 1. atill ... ch vork to 1M done on
polla. trdnlnq "pM:ially a. regards u..lr attitude to
township resident..
II. STATE INSTITUTIONS
• 1. lb. Sooth AtriCAn poliO
The Appelah Division h •• raIIarv*'- j\ldq_t in the appeal
aqalnat .... t.nce brouqht by (or..r ....:urlty poll.,. SerlJeant
61.ond Mota.ela.
~1!::~:~."'S'fr ii"' : S'g~ ·a·l'1":sI~ ... ",g.:I"''' ~ :I ~ .. ... I .. < .. .. ~ .. I "'~"":~~!Q~ 2'~il'" .... ::r., ........... I. "' ... ... ... "I ... .iI[i. ::1'8" = .. , ...... : ~:: .... lI:"' .. g. £ ~ i ~ i 8 g c ~: § 2 i i ~ .. g
5 & i i ~ Ii g : i ~ :! ~ ~ i I : cc:"'· .... .,"'!!i I e!t'::r~:;~ .;"'Ii,,,,,!!,, ,,)!:,...'C" ::;c~'l"'i~:' ~ii~~g'8~ ... Q " ... .. 1I.::r" .. ... ... ...... g-< =-g<'" '''".-0 ~ii=~.;S'~.6 ~~gs::~iI
.... o .. i! ........ f1'[ .. .... &... s: .... .. If) ....
~'·Ii ~l!i :!~J~l. " x.:.. .... s:'" ::1:1 oil I ~ ....... ..... .. .. r .. • § .. : ::r S:.. n i .,..... i
I! .z ". cr .. ~ ..... "o.il< Ii .. n to < X ... .. I.,..... .. to ..., ........ ...... .. ....... !."'. 11'< ..... '" >fa 'lOP, ••• (1 ~o ." ... • i"' In.. If) 'I .. C ... ... " 11'. "'''10 ."':1'::1 .... ........ .. ... .. .. 2 " c .. to e <.. ... ~ .. .. .. g "'"'i ""' [' . .. Do .... '" 0: ... 1>0 ..... Po "-<,,.... iI": i~· ... :"F:t~ '<·i:"'~ ~§; .. s: ;.,2 ~!.,s:e.s: i" ::r .... 10 :ril." :I" !1":~: ~!' ~ .. !'in is. ... .. ~ .. .. ....
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(1661/11/'1 p.l~"A .~A)·M.l~ ,0 A~.l~.A .PTftM •
~T" p." p." ." 'P''''' ....,T .... 6u".,~q pu •• 6u,~_ .no.z .... u
,0 ~no .6uJ:.,~. 6'JTpvq ... ~., ...... ~q~_ .~,~u •• ~ • ~.<n peA.lleq .M '~q~_ .~ q.6J~ •• AlI:l o~ pe~"~l~"'go eq
6ulP"_P ., eq 'Pl"" l.unqP~ 'tSIoUlH • ~ .... op ~ pe~.
~nq 'nod""l 6ul~"'lIf~""'l .~ "" .... ~o ~......:>Op fNT~"""'T~OUl
.~ u... ~.A 1CU p.1{ ." ~~ pe.Jel0 ." p.t~G4R _AlA
.~ <nl" _lA.:lqul U. UI ·_1~.6el1. eon 11. pelueP •• " "lfIX
· •• 1~1"1=. uol'm .p.~~ q"T~T6e1 uo buTAd. ul peAIOAll:l
~ou ..... eNS .<n ·.U01~.61~ •• """ l,"",If~'" ul ~.l ••• ~
... ..-..l:O'Ul pe ... "'110<1 .~ ~.n"" ~.~ peW •• M 'uol~""o,uT
~T" ~ peTtddn. oqA .ldoed AJT~U-.pT o~ ~ltod "'11od
~ou .... ~1 ~.~ pe~~. ·~.11_ utteo'I ".,p.6,.I1I ·....,.,..ed •• "od.
".""0 pu-. .. ., '6uTnuT~uoo 111~. a;o:.A •• Tde .011od
~noqlO ",ol~.f>eU. "-..no l"'. _~ ~u, "'01~.6T~ •• AUT ~"<n
PT.. 'O.llf.AIt)[._ ·.(:zq-.z:>eS 1.~"'e!) YSIIllM ·.""A u ......
~.Rd .~ ~o, Ad. "'11od ••• ~"OA p." ." ~"I{l -.uol~.6el1.
buTAOnOJ H ,,_...oM uo qo, .1" ..,..., pepued." ••• A
• "."n.-....q (~'1so;:1) .... olua epe~ ur.:>l~''1 ~nos '0 ••• .l6u~
.~ •• poe ........ 0.1 .... " OqA 'nlfIX 11.""eM • ('t'SWIlMJ r.:>T.lJ't'
,,~nos ,0 • .l."~OA 1.~.W JO uolua l0tu0l~.N ~ JO ~uePT •• .ld '""'"
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- . -Five ot the a1even .".pended police .... attached to tIM nov
,Usbanded Welvardie.n4 Unnae Unit in carl.tonville ha .... been
pravi.lo .... 1.1y char<;Jed witl! attaapted .Ilrder. '!'be rive "ill
alao hce charg .. ot auault "ith Int..,t to do qrievou.
bodily har. a. _11 a. charge. of coa.on ••• "ult. Th ...
chat'q •• 8>:'1 •• out of an Inv .. tiqation by the Board'.
..... . arch_no (... pra ... lou. r.porta).
Another _r of the unit, Ephrata r..,ta ~t •• hae been
round crbi""Uy r .. pon.d.bl. for the death of an lkageng
schoolboy, COllin lIOI'I91 IfyCIkonq. 'I'll. IC&qiatrata vb<> pr .. lded
at an inqu •• t into the boy'. d_til, Ilr Plat Kyburgb. found
that the boy had bien abot by aa.p.ta "".nat be, Nyokong. had
bean hiding und<Ir ..... of hi. teacr.ar'. bedoI. '""" _qi.trato.
could not rind _tlMr Raapeta had tl~ n.gliqantly or
intentionally but ~ed that U.a ... ttoor be nofu ..... to
the Attorney General'. oftica fo .. inv .. t19atiOll.
2. The Sooth African POtcOClj rol'Cil ISADP).
The lI_kly lulil of Mov_r 11 report..d that .0 Iacor hoat.l
<tv.llars fro- the S ..... keng Bre&II ha4 ~iv"" call up notice.
froa the local SM' ~o.
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-. -The notice. ordered the .an to .. aport tor a one day training
c:."P at the 10C111 c-ndo h.~rt.r. and included a
prov!_ion to the .,t.at that tailur. to report would
conatituta an otfence in t<onu of the Doof_ Act. ACCOnHng
to SADP .pott..pe ..... n Brigadier S Kulda .. tile -_too.- ",are an
-lnvit.otion- to attend ..... lon at which the -.dvantag •• of
being • ..-r of the V •• I C ..... ndo would be explained to the
_n, with the .. lttA" objective "'1"9 to r.c ..... it a phtoon
M'UJlSA GoInerai Secretary. _ •• May.t.i .... cond..aned the ...ve,
•• ~i.lly in the light of the fact that th<O ... n live at
ltVaKadala H".tel. In the local ...... unity th.o parception ia
that INaKaclala ia u_ ••• launching plOd for attacH on
Sebokaroo;l and the aurTOUndinq tovn8blpll. xayek.i.., pointed out
that the •• parceptio ... could be increa_ by the SADF'. -.ova.
",. African Nat10m0.l COnqr ... (AJIC) call-.l on the S.\llF not to
recruit at hoatel. daecrlblnq .uch caapal~ •• highly
i= •• ponelbla and provocative in the light ot .. hUng
• teneiona .... t ..... n bOOltal d_l1a.,8 aM toItnMlp .... 14.nb. Th.
s ... or r •• pons ... a. to da.criN the .... ."t e. en -"<boini.tr,,tl ....
bunql.-.
-. -I II. THE RIGKTl!ING
1. Linkl between tho Onle Docrcygn COS! ,00 Stat, Mcnei, •.
08 -.ben!, Henry hot!n and Adri •• n _rit~. h,vI co-e to
l1qht in tho united Jl;inqdo-. They -ainedn that ,,11 their
Ictiono (lee. previoul report,,) ... ono carried out on the order.
of litho .. Military Intelllqence (MIl or the Civil
co-op*rotlon SUr •• u (OCB). They 01.0 cl.l. to blVI evidence
IIhOlo/lng tiI"e the SAOI' continued to '''WI}' Rena-<> with 1t'1lS
ate.r 198', in contr,vlntlon of tho provioionl or tho N~o.atl
Accord and that tho SAO,. 'lave til. lnkatha I're""o' Plrty (U'P)
10 000 ~ '1 and a4 •••• ult rifl, • •
MlC .pOk~ .. 'penlon. c .. rl Ni,hau., .aid that tho ANC " '"
prepared to facille.t. inde-.nlty to:-o-- p,:olacution tor: the .en
10 that thly could 9ivI .vid ........ HtO'" • co .. i,.ion of
inquiry. lIien,,,. said that it v" "pac:ially i'portant that
Iny info..--ation vhieh tho .. n had about tho CCD ahauld co-.
to light.
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IV. AnA.CI\S OJ( IHDIyl!!lJALS
L """"" o.ra .. 60 J.JIC and IrP aet.i",lat. and 1_ ... boa". _ ...
....... i ... tooct by unlInovn qun..n tIIi. y_r. Aa:ordlnv to IUa
H~. hNd or tbe tnltatha I_Utut.'s Viola ..... Study unit,
ova .. 25 IF' l •• dar. had _n ...... lnated alnce tlHo alqnlnq
ot tn. pUoc. aCCOrd. 1't>. uu..n Ri'lhta Co_i •• ion (KRe) atated
tlIat )0 ANC oftice bHor ..... a. _11 •• youth .. lid _ity
l_r8, had -.. kill-.cl .1 ..... January 1991. M!.Uat tM IFP
bl_ the AMe tor _t of the kllHnva, tba Me ... ld
qov • ..,.."t 89.-1 ...... pOnIOibl ••
2. PhYalila Mbttbl
An AIle activist and ~'nI o<'9 .... t. .... ",_hUe ~tha .....
abot and kill_ 00\ If ..... _r is 111 ~ •• Sba .... r.oturni"ll
h_ trooo .... aUy ¥bieb bad -.. ... ld to prote.t a.,ai ... t tbe
i..,odtion of ... al ... added tu: (VAT) •
3. tll.tal "X'
Ttle _Y of hiab1 Hiya, .. fo ....... ,011. vbo bad ~ntly
... turned to S_tIt Africa, .... found in the open vald ......
Sov<oto on If __ r 5. He....,. -.. ...... t _ral ti_ .In the
,,_d. 'nlrM black poll_ hav. -.. arr_tad in conntoCtion
with tha 1Wrd ....
- . -of. TOkyo lign,l.
Kr. 5_1_, a..hpenon or tluI Prtotoria, witvaterarand, Vaal
(PWV) region of the AlfC and Cor..r u-khonto .. a 8ic ... (JU)
oparatl_, narravly ..... ~ ,,_til ......... he ovartun>ed hi_ c::.r
on Nov .... " 6. a. v •• trying to •• capa fro. a group of ~n
at tluI U .. .
v. nf!!: BtU VIOLENCE
1. ruin AttoeD'
.. nit_botion. of the _r violenc., continwtd in Naveaber.
although no rabUti .. vera reported thb _nth. On Noveaber
13 tiva ~l. vera injured in a Root out Htveen people
vaiting to board • sow.to bow.:!. train and the pa.seng ......
thereon. On lfove.IM.r 11 another tooute.n people .. ere in1w:ed
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on a 8_to bound train .ttar ... lnq attacked by • qroup of •
_n wielding panq •• and other .harp lnatnme.nu.
to " .. 1 with tluI apate of th ... attaclul.
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-. -So far at least 80 people hav. dl.." 1n ~ •• attackll and
thera h.ae not yat bean " ainqla conviction. In lat" October
the SAP ant'lOUl>Ced that they ware unable to patrol th" trains
~ua. it vaa unaaf. tor ~ to do .0 •
IFF and the Consarvativa Party (ep) _id that if ttli. ",a.
trlla it VIla " .1gn that South Africa vaa e1 .... to being
ungovernable. The Democratic Party (DP) •• id that propoo"
patrolling" or the b."al ... va ....... ti.l aM the AXe called the
.... cu •• ~t.-hl.· and point..,. OIIt that it ..... tu' .Il:a
danq.roIlA tor ordinary =-uters than ar.ed police_no
Partly In r".pons. to auch critici .. Spoornet announced that
_tal d"tectonl lIQule! be _de availabl" roc "II atationa. The
police, howavar. beliava that th ••• det.ct:ors c:an be bypa •• ed
by hiding .... pon. in ...tIran •• , which 1. wh"t po"dbly
happened in the ca .. ot the lI'ov.u..r 17 attack. Th" SAP
tntrodllc-'- ""at pr_i ... to be " -.ore .freeth,. " •• po,..& when
• they stopped trat ... be.t_n atatio,,", on october ~o and in
conjunction with the SAOr aearch.d each train. A .i.iIar
operation yo. carried out on "cwe-ber 19.
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Despite the QP90inq violence on traina .u.~ train
attac;:ka.r. AllMort 01 .. ini .... rel .. ...t on JUOOO bail. Dl .. ini
i. tacinq :) counta ot ...mer and .everal ot att.apted IlUroar
tor a train attack on the bat 1Land. Dl .. ini bad ......
arreated by co..uters c- Octobar Report). HUMSA oro}aniser
Altred Woodinqton Aid that the 10001 bail would di.couraqe
=-utere tro. takinq .1.IIilar action 1n ruture. :In an
inte rviev w1th the saturday Star ot li'oveaber 16 01..tn1
clai"'" to be an In> -...bar and .. id tbat' ha would be _tinq
with the xu central ....-Ute. to di..,.... hi. ca.e. The In>
denied the _tinq but could not contino or dany 01 .. in1'a
-..berahip.
2. De Cut Rand.
A nuaber ot attacke took ple.,. in thia ar .. in Ifov.aber Inlt
the area haa detinitaly be<en aucb quieter than in previous
_ntha. Thi ... y be due to the pea_ contartnee vbich _a
held in Thokoza and vbieb will be dealt with intra. On
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Oc::tober JO, all< p*>s/le vere shot at and wounded vb ... a qwm8n •
opened tire on a tall1 drivinq paat PIlola Park squatter CIlJOp
in Thokoza. In nearby Vo.loorua .even people Were killed and
.1x injured vban an unla\ovn nu.ber ot ~ attacked a perty
on Nov.aber 11.
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... poII.ibla _jar b~b for pea'" in the era. .... the
holding ot an all party pea'" confa.......- .. rl), in the _nth.
The cont.r....,. v •• cbainod by Prot .. ..,,.. .lebol •• Hay_ and
A¢locate Palll Pratori_ and v •• att<tnded by all political
parti .. in the region a. _11 a. by the SAP and the SAD ... All
• reault of the contaranoe a dhputs .,.,..it~ 1_ to be. .. t
up coapriaed ot rapnoaenutiv •• t~ virtually every
politiCAl party in Tbokol&.
J. me Gol4atona CgMbaloD
The eo.ab.ion or Inquiry into the ThOGn violence began in
Pnotod. on Kovuobe.r 19 'nIa co..iadon i. beaded by Pratori_
a<!vocate Solly Slthol •• He i •••• bt_ by Lilian Baqva , an
attorney and for.ar Kanaqinq Dl~r ot Per. SA, Bob TUcltar.
Kaal>era ot the co.ai •• ion, a ... all a. the l-.gal taaaa,
i .... pected aoanee or recent bloodab.d in Thokoza on the Eaat
boo. The eo..i •• ion .. 111 concenb"ate. on three _in event-:
the attack on In ___ no On Sept..,.>: • 19\11 which lett 23
P"Opla d ... d: the ... rd.e .. or civic l_du' S .. Ntul! on
Sept..,. .. 29 1991: and u.. aut.aquant killing or another 23
people who attended NtuU'. (unenl on ~r 7 1991.
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that they ai,.,bt not be abl. to att ..... the eo..i.-ion a. th.y
vere abort ot tunrt.. Lawy.r. tor HUaan Right. (LHR) bave
agr.ed to provide bridqing rinance to the IPP. aa.. civic
organi.atio .... and individUllle n .... ing 18<).1 repr.sentation .
Thus tar the co-i • • ion has been hearinq evid.nce tro. the
varioue investigating otticen< ot the SAP. On. ot th .. Board.· .
r ..... arch .. rs. Sally Seal.y. ha. been propo.ed a. an
independent inv •• ti,.,ator by ec.e ot the parti ••• A d.c1eion
on thi. vill co.. troa Mr Sithol •• Legal t .... at the
co_i .. e ion heve r ... rked on the .><t.nt of the co-operation
betvaen all the partie •. Happily the eo..ieeion appears to be
entirely unaarked by any kind of advereorisl epirit.
4. Tbe DAyayton Inauaat
Ju.tice B O·Donovan. th .. pr.eiding otticer at the oaveyton
inque.t. gave hi. finding on Hovaaber 26. 'the inque.t va.
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hold to d e teraina who va. rtllponeible for the death ot a •
policeaan and 12 tovnehlp residents which tOllowed a cla. h
betveen tovnehip re.idents snd the SAP on )(arch 24 thi. ye.ar
( .... April Report). Subsequ.nt to the incident the Boan!'.
res earcher. have been assieting th.. legal te.. repres .. nting
th .. township re.id.nts in th.ir inv •• tigation.
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ThtI Judge round that tluo pol100an. Lanoe serqaant Jan PoItnl.
van 1Iyk ..... probably ~.re4 by .iII: unld.entJ.ti..s ru<ldanta.
'nMI police t:hen r..ponoo1.s by opening fino i_ding to •
-.lall9btar-. ".. Judqa .. 101 tbat ..... il..t. ... appreciat.d. tha
tact that the polio. _n d_Iing .,ith • =la1tl .ltuatlon,
tha ~ of .. It: d.t_ had ~~. vIlic:h ....
ele.arly d ....... t.r.t.<l. by the tact that. -Ora than 250 round_ or
__ unitlon Van tir.cl.. He !"\lied that the entl" record or the
cc.a1asion be rorvard..s to the AttornllY ~ral and that
charge. or .urdar and culpable balcida be I nvutigated
aqat ... t ~.ry poli~n vbO tired Ii ... ...unition.
M_ Nation reporteE'll cia!.. to hay. _da contact with. group
or -hit _n- at Jew- ~tal vbo an prepared to till anyone
tor R4000, pr<>Vlded tluo vieti. b not an IFP ..... r . Th •••
INn clabo that .boUar -hit -.qu.ad.- oud.t in t.o.tala
thTOU<Jhout the wv .~ (" _ ".Uon a/ll/lf90j .
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VI. IIAUL
Tb-. e"ent. .urroundinq the Trust Peed "" ... cre and. the
""pb .... lo inq\MSt _r. deelt vith .t .... l..-qt.h in the
Octobar "port _ only .- de"el~nt. vUl be d .. lt vith
1. n. Tru.t rusa K .... cr.
special Consta!)l. Selby Kkbh. told the court that aftar the
_ •• acr. be .nd ri". other speci.l consta!)l •• , tour or wtI_
ara 8-o1'9.t tha aOCl.lS44, _r. told by Li .... t.nant (_
captain) van den H .. y.r (also one ot tha aCCUIHd) that thay
.hould not COM back to work until they v.no 'liven t\lrthar
buotr\lctiona .• 0 .1>Cb instructions _no 'liven to 1D<h1 •• , nor
va. be paid .qaln, so be l.tt the SAP and jolned tlwI EvaZulu
police ('P). H. added tlwIt be and Special Conata!)l.
Bhekithe&ba MakIlatini did not tau part In the attack but
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that their coU .. qu_ hlld told tbuI that th.y bad att.cked a
house vith "tarrori.t. in it on the instncti ..... ot captain •
Brian M.1tchell. MakIlatini taati tied that be had baard that
Mitch.ll hlld sat tino to e &bop in the aru .hortly artsr the
klllinq.
Th. trilll oontinu •••
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l. ThO IIODhUE/,lo Inqyllt.
In ovid • ...,. betore the Inque.t. eonatable Lucky Mnta.t>o
clai.ed that he va. e .e.ber ot the .ecurity police and that
he participated in a nuaber ot unaucce •• tul attacka a9ainat
Kaphueulo. Crucial dittarence. exi.t betveen hi . ver.ion. and
thoee ot .yovitne .... who survived th ••• attacu. Ttl. SAP
clai. that Knta.bo vao nover ..,r. than a .peeial con.tabl.
and that he va. diacba~ed on Deoeeber 19 1989.
Two police vitne.sea. warrant otticer Warber and Captain
Arnold Vo.loo have al.o qiven ovidenc •• werber. who had been
i.pli .... ted in the event •• urrounding- Keph ..... lo· •• urder by
Sipho Kedlale. taatitied that on the ni9ht ot the .urd.r ha
had dropped ot hie eon at •• Uitary ball. and that h. had
"yovitna •••• to prove it. Voaloo adaitted that Keph ..... lo·"
..,v .... nt. vera being- ..,nitored, that hi .. phOne vaa being
tapped and that the aecurity polic. kept a tile on hi •. The
police have handed the tile in vith a requ •• t that ita
~ content. not be .. de public. Judge HS Page viII decide wether
to 9rant the requ •• t or not.
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VII. CISXlI/DQBQJB
Tbe ~ion haa bNJl oto.iNlte4 by t.h<I 19 day atata ot
... rqe.t>CY (SOB) in CUDi and nohte4 vor.on iN) ot ralatio ...
boot_en ttla kay phyan in u.. ~ion. Altbougb t.h<I -l'9..-.cy
ha, ~ litt_, u.. criaia ia not OV,"' .
1. ANC 1M PAC: chabol
"'ore hla baan ..... tenaion bat_n t.h<I AHC and tbI Pan
At:r1caniot COngno .. (PAC) in tho ~iem. an. ot: tho poaaiblo
reaaon. _y ba tho bet that the PAC i, .oving closer to the
ei,_i .ilitary gova.,.,...,t.
on october S, s.o..sc ,...,. reponed that the PAC hacl be.ld talu
vith flrigldia'" Gqozo and varioua chiol'a in Biabo.
Subaequantly t.h<I PAC joined Gqozo in calling em tba AlfC to
atop co-ing betv ..... tho gova~nt and. tlwo poopla ot: eiaka!.
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1.1 State ot _rgency.
The SOl! was announced by GqO&O on SABe o n october 19 and h.
aqnuod to litt it foU .... ing a _tinq v ith ARC Pruidsnt,
lIal.on Kandela, on ifov...toer 17. n.. SO! v as apparantly
declared by GqOl<O v ithout COllIIultation vith any ot his
.tni.tars or adviaoca and no docuaantation vaa available
throughout the ticat clay. '11lu lead to 1avyeca qua.Heming
ita legality. It v .. v ia1y .......s..nad in the raqlon and South
African officia1a .. i d that it v aa ~raqrettabla· that a SOl!
vaa ..... to be ....,.. ... ry
The SOl! follov.d .. vere1 .ontha ot increaaing1y violent
reaiata.nca to tha no-illpoaltion ot the 1,UlpopuJ.ar h .... daa.n
ayatuo ot local 'Jove~t. 'l'ba SOl! .. .- to be .ilNd
s peciticaUy agdnat the Border C1vica Congresa (Booc:o) and
ita attillate •. civlca _re bann.:I durinoJ the _rgency .
The cd.is ha. v idely betiI regarded a. being betw .. n the
South Atrican 'Jove~t, working through the Ciskei eUita:<y
rulers and the ""C. south Atrica haa re.iated thi. vi_.
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Eabaasy ott iclal. said th.t thay ~ld intervene it .sked,
but thi. v •• clurly a reterenctl to the Ci.kai govarn.ent ••
requests tro. the AKC, church leadar. .nd others vere
ignored.
'l'ha Ciakal qovarn.ant clat..d that tha SOE v a. nece.sary
bec4u.a other qroupinq. vera breakinq the N.tional haca
Accord. ~'l'tIe Cisksi 9ovarn.ant ia is c_pletely not 90inq to
sit and told its .na while its people ara being _ ... cred,
.re being d .. troyed, sra beinq intiaid.ted and are being
tr •• pled on by the ANC, ~ said cqoKO, citing a li.t ot 16
incidents ot viol_ OVar the previ<>WI two _nths. In
re..pon.e, tha MC called tile SOE ~the return in tha ci.kei to
A t_ d.y. attar the tha end ot the SOE, a .. eting ot tila
Ciskei 9ove~t, the AKC alliance, Bocoo and other
orq.ni •• tions .... held in East LOndon under tha ehairaanship
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ot National Peac. Accord cbair.an, John H.11. A Bord_ l'Noc.
Co_itt .. vaa .. t up and it is hoped that this .. ill beoco.a a •
reqion.al displata rellOlution ~itt.e in ter.s ot the
Nationa l l'Noc. Accord.
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.. id that if tb<I SA ~~t _no .. ked to intarv_ 1n tha
crbb in tb<I Cbbi It """"ld conalcs..r the requ .. t -_t
favourably - . Subeequ.nt .p~l. for lntarvention by tha AJlC
....... igno ... ed.
1 M......tMor: ~ Soutl> African Council af O!.~ (SACC)
called on Stata Preeident ", Q n .... k to lntarv.... in chk.l
1 Mov ....... : Ttl. IoMC ottic. ln Ulc. .... tha tarqat at .. h.t
appear.d to M an atta.ptad ......... attack. ,\ .. indov .... brok.n
and lnfl.-bla .pirie. pDUr.d into the bulldi"9 but nat
l<p1itad.
4 Mov"""" ci.1tai atticial., .:u:1Ydi"9 Gqozo, _t witl> the
•• tional .... c. .\coord ch.ai...-n John Hall 111 Pretoria and
• ......ittad the nIOJIion to the "'0. AOaord.
4i-= .. th. paaa1b1l1ty at ~laci ... c;qoao'. 9<"'an.ant wlth
an i nba ... t. .a.!nl.t .... tion.
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SGutll At:rica reeponded by •• ying tMt "w.der no
circ-ua-b_." _ld e\ldl.. p~l H di ...........
U Nav""r: fte Cieni vovenmant cld . ...cI tMt 1t Md
dOCWMnbry ..,1de_ tMt • coup ..... Hing pl.rmed by •
rec.ntly unbermed orq.ni .. tion.
11 Nav..t>er: 'I'bII Cieni 9OVe~nt eqreee to lin the SOli:. In
axchange tbe MC 89rt101d to ewopand. the .... r ot: _nt. with t.bII
Cluel 90yernaent.
VIII. CONCLUSION
"quiet" IIOntll on t.bII Reet: bece ...... the n\WIber ot: people ti11ed
in political vl01._ he. been "only" about t:v.nty. ftle drGp
ln v101ence oou.ld poe.1bly boo clue to the t:.ct tbet t.bII
etructurooe a _l .. "..,. by tba Pea.ce Accord are elowly COIling
lnto OIMr.tion. An ~1. ot: thie i. the TboJi;O&. peace
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oonfoar.nc:a. por tlI. accord to operata wi11 r.quira 9.nul... •
.,.,..it.ant and bard _rll: frc. all parti_. Uneubetantlated
alh9ationa by political parti_. ·adaJ.ni.u-.Uv. bungl_" by
til. SADP and excae.1ve force ot: the type uaed by tb. SAP .t
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