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The issue of the so-called Witdoeke in the Western Cape also vividly illustrates what was done by the apartheid security forces to set the black oppressed one against the other.
Statement on the Report of the TRC Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament 1999
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The issue of the so-called Witdoeke in the Western Cape also vividly illustrates what was done by the apartheid security forces to set the black oppressed one against the other.
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Security forces, local authorities, community leaders and the so-called Witdoeke are all alleged to have played a role in the conflict.
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Security forces, local authorities, community leaders and the so-called Witdoeke were all alleged to have played a role in the conflict, she said.
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It became a battleground between ANC "comrades" and a conservative private army called the Witdoeke (White Scarf) in the mid-1980's.
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The final destruction of Crossroads took place in the 1980's and was carried out by a combination of a vigilante force called the Witdoeke, the
4. The National Party, Apartheid and the Anatomy of Repression in South Africa, 1948-1994 1994
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In Crossroads, vigilantes known as the Witdoeke did in a few days what government pressure, intrigue and repression had not been able to achieve in ten years: they demolished the well-known squatter camp and drove its residents out, rendering over 20,000 men, women and children homeless.
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The final destruction of Crossroads took place in the 1980's and was carried out by a combination of a vigilante force called the Witdoeke, the "kitskops" of the period, with the security forces standing by, and in some cases actively colluding with the attackers.
African National Congress Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1960
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He testified on how the apartheid government used various tactics and forces such as the "Witdoeke" and the "Rooidoeke" to spread violence in black townships to suppress members of democratic organisations.
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Security force and local authority struggles also continued through the eighties, along with "Witdoeke" activities in 1986.
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