TRUTH COMMISSION: re: Major General B. Mortimer continues with submission of former SADF

Record ID: 893650

  • Title: TRUTH COMMISSION: re: Major General B. Mortimer continues with submission of former SADF
  • Date: 21st October 1996
  • Summary: TRUTH COMMISSION: re: Major General B. Mortimer continues with submission of former SADF
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  • City: CAPE TOWN
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 96OCT21R08
  • Story Text:TRUTH COMMISSION HEARING IN CAPE TOWN re: Major General B. Mortimer continues reading submission of former SADF

    01.21.51 MAJOR GENERAL B MORTIMER continues: RE: TYPES OF GUIDELINES, DIRECTIVES & STRATEGIES FORMULATED BY THE SSC & SUBMITTED TO THE CABINET FOR APPROVAL
    01.22.47 ...these documents provided the framework for the implementation of security actions...
    01.23.12 POURING HIMSELF SOME WATER
    01.23.27 RE: THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN SA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SADF
    01.23.43 ...the revolutionary war in SA lasted for more than 40 years but it escalated during the period 1980-1990. The main role players were...the ANC [MK] and to a lesser degree the PAC [APLA] assisted by several mass democratic organisations...the SA government with its security apparatus...the SAP and the SADF...
    01.24.49 RE: THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: THE BEGINNING 1912 - 1958
    01.26.17 ...in early 1960 both the ANc & the PAC decided to organise an anti-pass law campaign. The response of the security forces to this campaign resulted in the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March 1960.
    01.26.32 The Sharpeville incident reveberated throughout SA and around the world. Riots & protest erupted in black townships. On 30 March 1960 the RSA government declared a state of emergency and enacted the Unlawful Organisations Act....which on 8 April 1960 formalised the banning of both the ANC & PAC...
    01.26.58 RE: M-PLAN [NAMED AFTER NELSON MANDELA] & RIVONIA TRIAL
    01.28.10 ...before the ANC/SACP could implement the M-Plan the SAP raided the Lilliesleaf farm on 11 July 1963 and arrested most of the ANc [MK] leadership. The Rivonia trial followed, where Mandela, Sisulu, Goldberg, Mbeki, Mhlaba, Motsoaledi & Mlangeni were found guilty on charges of high treason and sentenced to life imprisonment...
    01.28.39 RE: THE MOROGORO CONFERENCE
    01.29.36 RE; STUDENT UNREST
    01.30.14 ...1976 was characterised by ongoing student unrest in Soweto. The unrest and the death of Steve Biko in detention in 1977 caused a mass of students to join the ANC...
    01.30.27 RE: INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PORTUGUESE COLONIES - GAVE THE ANC THE MUCH-NEEDED BASES CLOSE TO THE RSA BORDER
    01.31.02 RE: "THE PEOPLE'S WAR"
    01.34.39 RE: KABWE CONFERENCE 1985 [ZAMBIA]
    01.35.25 RE: PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEOPLE'S WAR AND THE 4 PILLAR STRATEGY - EXPLAINING 4 PILLARS: ALL-ROUND ACTIVITY OF THE UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES & UNITED MASS ACTION OF THE PEOPLE
    01.36.01 PILLAR 2: MASS MOBILISATION
    01.42.31 PILLAR 3: ARMED STRUGGLE - THE VIOLENT COMPONENT OF THE REVOLUTION
    01.43.13 RE: BASE AREAS & ACCESS ROUTES
    01.46.21 RE: COMMAND & CONTROL
    01.49.16 RE: MANIFESTATION OF THE REVOLUTION INSIDE SA
    01.49.34 ...the violent onslaught can be divided into 4 periods. 14 October 1976 to 31 August 1983...
    01.51.01 ...1 September 1983 to 31 August 1985...
    01.52.23 ...1 September 1985 to 31 August 1989...
    01.52.38 ...sharp shift in emphasis from hard to soft targets...
    01.53.44 ...most important incidents... LISTING DETONATION OF LANDMINES ON FARMS, BOMBS ETC.
    01.54.14 ...27/11/85: 3 MK members...infiltrating from Maputo...killed...23/12/85: limpet mine exploded in Sanlam Centre...Amanzimtoti...4/01/86: ...landmine in Ellisras district...7/05/86: A limpet mine exploded in the Bemore shopping centre in Sandton...14/06/86:..car bomb exploded in front of the Garfunkel Restaurant in Durban...24/06/86: ...limpet mine...at Wimpy Bar...Johannesburg...6/10/86: SADF vehicle detonated a landmine near Mbunzi...28/03/87: civilian vehicle detonated a double landmine in Northern Transvaal...
    01.55.23 ...period 1 September 1989 to 31 August 1994: The start of the period was marked by the legalization of previously banned organizations on 2 February 1990...
    01.56.40 RE: THE STRATEGY OF THE PAC [APLA]
    01.57.42 RE: MAJOR APLA ACTIONS IN THIS PERIOD INCLUDED: KATHLEHONG, KING WILLIAMSTOWN, QUEENSTOWN, EAST LONDON
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