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SADF in
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ERIC J ANSSEN, Staff Reporter. and Own Correspondent
POUCE today said the South were in the affected Phola Park
African Defence Force was in area on Wednesday night, add-
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^This follows; allegatkxlr'
nighfof murdcr,^t*pe aaf
sault on residents^of^the^'E*^!^,
Raod township by i nembert^^ry
the SADF, 32 B w a l W i i S S j ^g S S S ^ _
And in the latest incident,^shootings. We werr not noti-
shots were fired at a 32 battal- fied of any incidents before
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ion patroi near the East Rands
Phola Park squatter camp last
night, wounding one soldier,
according to police.
While the SADF has been
quick to dismiss the allegations
about Wednesday night, it has
been unable to explain what
members of 32 Battalion were
doing in Phola Park without
the police.
While troops have been de
ployed in unrest-stri cken
townships, the maintenance of
law and order is left to the
South African Police. The
SADF becomes involved only
when assistance is requested by
the SAP.
A police spokesman today
confirmed no SAP members
that, he said.
The spokesman today con
firmed a murder docket was
being investigated after Wed
nesday night, following the dis
covery of x womans body.
In a statement, police head
quarters confirmed the cir
cumstances surrounding the in
cidents at Phola Park are being
investigated.
The SADF today denied the
allegations, but said it would
investigate the matter.
African National Congress
sources said one women was
killed, 100 people were injured
and several women were raped
by members of 32 Battallion on
Wednesday night.
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The cost of the SADF
doing what it shouldnt
T U
HE danger ^to the
SADF in involving itself
in civil strife are vividly illus
trated by the unhappy events
this week in Phola Park on
the East Rand.
roopsiofctt
their houses by angry soldiers
at night.
Again, it appears, truth is
the first casualty of war. The
sad difference, of course, was
that this is not a war: the up-
here centreslon whether-
came under fifet
cent
':t was wounded)whfl^jtrol-
5ling the menacing%ubttrfa
Residents and the ANC claim'*
troops cf 32 Battalion went
beserk, beating Phola Park
residents with iron pipes and
even raping women.
The SADF acknowledges
the incident and adds: It is
accepted that innocent people
could have been hurt during
the incident as a result of the
cowardly and unprovoked at
tack by persons unknown.
Rape is denied.
The news media, mean
while, has found scores of
battered men and women in
Phola Park, all of them with
more or less the same story:
that they were set upon in
I t - o f not i-a situation -
ichTti|SADF should find;'
df|especially at a time
*when i f is seeking to position
itself as the defence force of
the f uture new South
Africa.
Except, perhaps, for spe
cialists such as observation or
even intelligence experts, the
SADF should not be in the
townships.
Soldiers are not policemen
The more they are forced
to act as such, the more dam
age will have been done to
the SADFs reputation when
the time comes for politicians
who must heed the public
voice after all to hammer
down the nuts and the bolts
for a new dispensation.
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SADF denies ANC allegations
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The ANC has claimed?
t h a t s o l d i e r s o f t he *
SADFs controversial 32
B a t t a l i o n r a mp a g e d
through Phola Park on
the East Rand on Wed
nesday night, ki l l i ng a
woman, rapi ng several
hers and as s aul t i ng
niore than 100 people.
The SADF strongly con
tested the allegations last
night and said that the sol
diers on patrol opened fire
"as a result of an unpro
voked attack by gunmen.
In a hard-hitting state
ment released in the shack
settlement yesterday, the
ANC claimed infamous Bat
talion 32 foreign mercen
aries raided Phola Park
ithout reason from 10pm
on Wednesday until yester
day (thursday) morning.
The mercenaries b'igan
shooting, assaulting resi
dents and raping defenceless
women. The raid took place
without the knowledge of the
local police," the statement
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t tbe raped; women ot rape have
fWent A I D^andwpregnxncy^S also been made and these
tests. ^ *#\ ^#are strongly denied.
"We are also arranging for
the victims to lay charges
against Battalion 32 at the
local police station".
WUwatersrand Command
spokesman Major Andreas
J ordaan said a patrol had
j gone into the settlement "to
I investigate shots that had
been fired earlier in Phola
Park".
The patrol was about to
deploy on the outskirts when
they were attacked without
provocation and a member
of 32 Battalion was wounded.
.. The SADF returned fire at
their attackers in self-pro
tection.
"During follow-up opera- t '5^ aP del egati on
tions no dead or wounded through the tense settlement
could be found. It is accept- f nc* interviewed persons al-
cd that innocent people legedly assaulted or raped,
could have been hurt during i^}5atJ on ? went
this incident as a result of t0 ^ SADF ^ base in
In Phola Park yesterday,
ANC PWV region chairman
Tokyo Sexwale told hun
dreds of residents who gath
ered outside the local ANC
offices at least two dozen
of them obviously injured
to defend themselves with
every weapon at their dis
posal in future.
I f they (the soldiers)
come here to wake you up in
the night, if they come to
beat you up, deal with them
... Use any weapon and hit
back next time. Deal with
them this is nonsense.
Mr Sexwale had earlier
e
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Tobna, where they met Col
onel Kooa Laubscber, com-
mn<lw of SADF Grocp 41,
Witt Command legal officer
Major Heraie Low and base
-commander Captain Mark
Hermanson, who led Wed-
' Miday nights operation.
A police spokesman yes
terday:'confirmed that a
murdet docket had been
opened following the death
of an unidentified woman
whoee leg* were shot off,
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parentiy by an R-4 or
R-5 rifle.
The spokesman said
police were investigating
the incident and no re
ports had been received
of women being raped by
soldiers.
Last ni ght pol i ce
spokesman Lieutenant
Wikus Weber said police
bad not been informed of
any SADF member being
^-"IMa very difficult to
offer comment on the ac
tual incident as police
were not there, Lieuten
ant Weber said.
Yest erday, Joseph
Kelly, a security guard,
said be was in his shack
when about six soldiers
kicked open the door. I
was sleeping. They hit
me with a sjambok. They
took me out si de and
forced me to the ground.
They hit me with the
sjambok again. When
they were fi.-lshed they
kicked me and said, 'go
back inside."
Mr Kelly said that
when the soldiers had
burst into his room they
avevai fi re-r %
armt"iJe^aidr-iadding,l, ^
*that his mother had been H
left unharmad;^ ^ '
f"v'As poke s man for
Natal sprui t Hospital
could not say last night
how many patients had
been treated as a result
of the SADF action.
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Mass assaults,
Staff Reporters
Tbe ANC ha5 claimed
that sol di ers of the
SADFs controversial 32
B attal i on rampaged
through Phola Park os
tbe East Rand on Wed
nesday night killing a
woman; raping several
others and assaulting
more than 100people
The SADF strongly con
tested the al-
SADF
denies
ANC
claims
l e g h t i onsH
its: Lift : |H
adc said ihat
OC hfewgta, ;
pa rc ~ . S*
opened fire
c rest.'.
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dents b i d ,,
been treated Badty t est er . . . Fickson Cftabagu (l eft) and an wv-
st the boepi M ' gi f ^ a
U. by 10 pm
Ii5 mgiu mar. o' then vk-
one! Kx?j Laubsche: coi
mande* o' SADF Grou; *
^its Conn anc iega. offic
Majcr Eemjf Lous and ba.
commander Capuir Ma:
Henna^rc who led fcei
Desia;. n^L: s operation
After some heated e:
changes M* Seiwale end<
tbf meeua* telling tbe col
oei tc ware his mer tb
tbe\ wer* sowing bitternej
in tbe hears of tbe people
A poac* spokesmar ye;
terday confirmed that
murder
docket ha
beer opene
followingtb
death of a
unidentifiei
woman
whose leg
were aho
o f f ap
patently b;
an F-4 or R
5 rifle
The
spokesmai
aid pohc<
ktenfflted man i how a ftv round found at the
During the coarse of Wed-
Bight at least four
people were admitted
three met who had been
sjambotked and assaulted
and a teeoaged p r who had
beer shot Another fire ps
tienu were artmttw dsnsg
the ooonecf yesterday
In a hard-hitting state
ment released n> tbe *ack
settlement yesterday, the
ANCs PWV region alleged
"notorious Battalion & for
eigr mercenaries raided
Phola Park without reason
from 10pm on Wednesday
until yesterday morning
The mercenaries began
hooting assaulting resi
dents and raping defencejew
women Tbe raid took place
without tbe knowledge of the
Iocs) police," the statement
alleged
It added that tbe ANC was
organising medical beip for
victims would ensure that
the raped women underwent
Aids and pregnancy tests
and would arrange for vic
tims to lay charges against
82 Battalion
Reacting last night Wit-
watersrand Command
spokesman Major Andreas
Jordaan said a patrol was en
route tbe settlement to in
vestigate shots that had beer,
fired earlier in Pboia Park
The patrol was about to
deploy on tbe outskirts when
the} were attacked without
provocation and a member
of 32 Battalion was wounded
The SADF member? re
turned fire at the attacker;
iu aelf-protectioc
"During follow-up opera
ttons d o wounded or dead
could be found It accepted
that mnocent people could
have been hurt during this
i n d en t as a remit of the
rardly and unprovoked
by persons unknown
Allegations of rape toy
SADF aoembers have also
been made and these art
stroofh <W>wdr
Major Jordaan said how
ever, that should residents
come forward their aliega
boot would be inve*tiated
as the SADF will not accept
any ittegal or had behaviour
by its members.
% Tl ob Park yesterday
ANC PWV repot chairman
Tokyo Sexwale told hun
dred? of residents wbc> fath
ered outside tbe local ANC
offices at least two dozen
of them obviously injured
to defend themselves with
ever) weapon at their dis
posal in future
If they (the soldiers)
come here tc wake you up in
tbe night, if they come to
beat you up dea! with them
. Use any weapon and hit
back next time Deal with
them this is nonsense.
Mr Sexwale had earlier
led an ANC delegation
through the tense settlement
and interviewed persons al
legedly assaulted or raped
Tbf delegation tber went
to the SADF support base in
Tokoza, where it met Col-
gatiog tb<
incident anc
no report!
had been re
c e i v e d ol
women
being raped by aokiien
Last mghi pobce spokes
man Lieutenant Wikus
Weber said pobce had not
been informed of any SADF
member hesng wounded
Be calied oc resident! who
had allefedly been raped
and anarsftrr to lay charges
t their rising were true ac
that pobce could investigate
Tt is very difficult to offer
comment m the actual mo
aent as police were not
there,** Lieuteaaa: Weber
Mid
Ythcerduy Jooepk Kelly, a
bCMt k j i guard, said he was
in his ttxrt at about tpm
when shoot six soldiers
the door I was
They kit me with a
todT'tw out
Me and forced me to tbe
ground They hit me with tbe
sjambok again When they
were fcws&ed they kicked
me and said go back in
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Mr KeL7 said that when
tbe soldiers had burst into
his roon they wanted to
know where his firearm was
I doc t hive a firearm
he said adding that his
mother had been left un
harmed
Priscilla Qaqane (32 al
leges that sik was assaulted
by soldiers a: about 7am yes
terday
*1 was a my boust They
asked where my husband
was I told them he was not
borne, be was at work They
hit me oc my head and
shoulder Thei they left "
Threshed . . . Fickson
Chebagu (left) claims
that about six soldiers
from 32 Battalion a s
saulted him with a stee!
pipe. Joseph Kelly alleges
that he was repeatedly
sjambokked by another
group of soldiers. The
SADF last nigh: strongly
contested the a l l e g a
tions
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PhoJa Park: SADF
to hol d an i nqui ry
THE SADF has under
taken to appoint a
board of inquiry to in
vestigate allegations
that 32 Battalion sol
diers raped and as
saulted Phola Park
camp, resid
The African National
Congress last night called
on the government im-
mcdi.itely to withdraw the
troops.
The demand was made
at a hastily convened
^meeting between an ANC
Mr Lamay said the
meeting reviewed the in
cidents of the past few
days and that ccrtain prin
ciples were agreed to.
These included:
That communities
the SADF have the
0 amp
the SADF met at * ^
emergency f'tnee ting
vened hy the
Local Dispute Resolution1
Committee following the
alleged rampag-. hy the
soldiers on Wednesday
night.
Thokoza LDRC chair
man. P Lamay, said in a
statement certain under
takings and principles
were agreed to hv the re
spective reprcsentatii^s.
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Among these was an
undertaking by the SADF
to appoint a board of in
quiry to investigate the al
legations.
The SADF also under
took to have individual 32
Battalion soldiers sub
jected to an identification
parade at which alleged
victims of the Phola Park
attack would be able to
point out suspects.
The SADF would also
consider the possible
withdrawl of the current
contingent of troops in
the area and their re
placement by otfier
troops.
injured^
during the raid on the
squatter camp.
Residents alleged the
solrtiev* moved through
the camp shooting at
shacks, assaulting people
and that at least four
women were raped.
The SADF confirmed
the incident, hut claimed
amember of the unit was
shot in the back by an un
identified gunman in the
camp and that soldiers
acted to neutralise the
gunfire.
Despite the unit's com
position mainly Portu
guese-speaking soldiers
from Angola who had
been brought into South
Africa after rhe end of the
Namibian war resid
ents repjrtedlv welcomed
the unit's prcvnce.
,*kwould
continue to protect com
munities and individuals
against violence.
Rumours spread by
rank and filesoldiers con
cerning imminent attacks
on the people of Phola
Park would also be stem
med".
Progress of rhe spccial-
i
ly convened SADF Board
-of Inquiry would be re
ported regularly, to the
LDRC and members of
the public would be in
vited to participate in and
provide information- to'
the board's investiga
tio ns . v . .
lit' Lamay "said Ythe '
Phola Park representa-f
W&undertook to ensure
bat Tonce a criminal ele
ment was identified in the
TT*Phola Park community,
such pcrson(s) would be
handed over to the SA
Police".
One of my sergeants
was shot in the back be
fore any action was taken
bv us." SADF Witwatcrs-
rand commander. Gen
W G Kritzinger. said yes
terday.
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ference at 32 Battalion's \
Thokoza hcadquaners,
Gen Kritzinger *aid a -
:,fiT30timnUftqa the camp .<*
had been deployed when.
heavy firing was heard x
fromthe squatter camp.
As the army unit ap-i
pfoaehed the camp. Sgt
M'Mpando was shot in
the back. .'*
We then returned fire
... We acted to neutralise -
the fire. said the gener- <
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Asked at the Press con-
rence why- the police
svere not immediately
contacted. Get. Kritzing-
' er aaid reaetkhi.time was
^crucial in these situations.%*
' J Uxal polkr. bases were.
;*Hdermam>ed,^.and^
:equipped
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l^eeoThe 6While the one soldier cradled
my baby in his arms, the other
grabbed my private p.
;on a y all they did was try to *eep the
;eace i n She East S a n d s Phoia Park scuat-
i :er camp.
3ut more han 100 resident, most of them wom
en. .lave a uifferent story. They say they were snot,
-eruaiiv assauiteo. ciubDed with nfle-outts. burnt.
vtuDpeo jr beaten by t ooos as they cowered in
their somes.
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Police lave joened 1
nuraer -ocxe: .n jonnec-
ion Vith >ne Ji '.be resi-
aents deaths and i re
, nvesugaung the violence.
?he soldiers sere
he irea late on
foen chev
HytP E T K K HOS T
a
e.a^Pmn;
was >rcereo to open ais
loor :or one wnite idier
i r-*i<M^^ruiuire. They - ^ a nuinber oi blaat soi-
.ereo ^hoia Pnrx to inves-
ligate, 'aid -J:e officer ,TVithout saying anv-
. commanding be 1/it- -jijnq, 3 blade soldier ait
Tate* a Command, ^ anaer the right eye
Major .ai TG Xnt- ^ butt of sis gun
; anger. -mile others were acxing
'The trooos were ^ne. 1 "sras dragged outside,
.ttacxea without -jrovoca- eavwg mv wife with some
ion ana one :>i .nem *as aI them.-
. snot. Tbe J AF then
returned fire.' '*.eaid.
-TVeare tore 0 protect
residents are not me
, aggressors.
,'Ar Msimango aid he
nea j i vain ;o and beiD
mo turned to ana my
True lying in -be floor,
aieeaing profusely with her
I_
,ie ?ave :ew J ther ae- ^aes oif. ihe aad aeen
. tails. out residents' ac- .-aoed.
counts ailed ia some oi the wnat jttle energy
jaos. aeaad left, ae tned to hem
Nosaxbeie Xomanun. a wife.
.12-year-oid nr^gnant motn- dawn. me begged
*r, .aid :ne vis voicen 3v
creams ma ;umire at
aooui .Dm. .^-aving the
tumult would die down, me
r.ea to tusn .ier -ear-oid
1 >aoy at her side.
3ut minutes ae:ore mid-
ragnL me uoor of : ^r macs
Dum ooen .ina two men in
military miiorm risneo in.
routing, "Vhere is your
nan'"
3erorc uecould answer
cutt siammeo bard
head.
torror aid not 2nd
Aomaoi&i until the
j men iaa fimsoea aurmiiat-
:ng her.
j ^V* be me soidier
I craui'. .y baby in ba
irms. uie c:^ier grabbed
a su
wm
for .TCrsS
me a 1010 ier ana jne
massedaway mmv arms."
Kicxed
In mother ?art o i e
settlement, a /oung vom-
m *jtdosnares a anv macx
*ith .ier mother ana four*
-ear-oid son. says ane. too,
vasraoea.
Tbe young woman said
m ier aifiaavit ibat ier
moiher was orced aut af
e jnacx at ^mooint. and
mewas .eit aionewith one
Toidier.
He rushed me J own
ina I aegged lim aot u)
molest me, aut be ciimDed
on mo of me. pusned my
Jughs aDan and lore my
oanues. He beid a gun to
my private parts.' snesaic. ^ .nQ ^ ^ ie i ) e Q ull
ai aaH i n o meif I maoe asound. Then
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Oiter -.)*innrapea ana '.not 3omf Jv .our -nen ind.
nthe .ees. .iccoraing to an -nensnetned to run away,
itfiaavit rom ier bus- vas ucxeo repeatealv in
tand. J oan .Msimar.go. 51 e stomacn. ano ber baae
He aid mev bad been sum.
Tonefl ryscreams and bur- Phoia Par* looted ike
-ied :oosie outside their
-jaci. and .us Dec tea i
;x>uceraid.
The'- be orecau-
aonary measure oi movxig
:o me :loor :or saiety but
is e ^ere ^recanne 0
m Lioen-air casuaitv ware
a*, Tndav ^lorr.mg. itb
ingcteneo residents miil-
ing -*round with bandaees
in their aeaas ana piaster
rastson their iimos.
A number of resioents
and saw both aer .ess
completely fractured and
aeid toeetner ov ilesn".
Mr ;.lsimango ai d be
3URNT... Cyntnit Mmti. 3 . vt four men araeo ASSAULTED... jrwjn.m NoMKh^ommi. *.
her from ner nome jna Sumeo iier acic tti j soldier mowtioa Mer wnlle anotner held her one-rotr-oia ^
sieep 7n "Jie ~:oor. shots said tbe soldiers oad con*
were fired nto our siiacx onued assauiang o e o o i e
and I was hit in both iegs'. until aoout iam on T*burs-
Hearsng bis wife's dav and bad threatened to
screams, be exited down return that night.
Pouce ai d ai a state
ment they had received no
official reoorts oi .noience
mPboia Pars on 'Vetmes-
;OHN MSIMANGO
J hot Inootn ip
day mgnt. Soldiers are sup-
oosed to contact police *at
the soonest possible
moment when trouble
erupts in townsmps. a
police sooitesman said.
Major-Generai K rit-
dnger aid ooiicewere not
immediaiely' notified
because reaction time was
crucial ana 23attaL.on
T33""beTw
a a n o l e o e n o u s unrest.
Suspects
SADF ooxesman .Maw
Andreas J oraaan dis
missed aii the allegations
against J2 Banaiion as
faise. Nevertheless. .'Aaor-
^eneral Xntzmger aid
tbe SADF bad launcnea an
internal aivestieation .nto
the aiieged murders, rapes
and assaults
The SADF tias also
undertaicen to noid an iden
tification parade o i 22Bat
talion soldiers, allowing
the aileeed victims of the
Phoia Park r.o point iut
susoects. and is consider
ing reoiacing theoattaiion
mthe area.
K i l l i ng: connl e i n co urt
3 y 3 H A R O N C H E T T Y
A VIIITE .Toaoie vtwallegedly >eai a
.tlack man -O icaiD a ter '5esr log
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T
HE midweek raid on Phola
Park has added another
shabby chapter to the recent
history of the SADF, and has
retired the troubling questions
ibttot the control of the armed
forces and fitness of its officers.
Precisely what happened at.
hola Park
j&fched/
decent Minister of Defence. _
This was simply not good
enough. The board of inquiry is a -
device to find low-ranJdng scape- *
goats; the real question which -
must be answered is whether, as -
v in the case of the CCB, officers of;,
the SADF have again failed' t o '
controlof^tbe
itain.
'm mercenaries of ?2 Battalion..
werelred'ur
and that
when they rumnjeumje
,s This story was j^lslnlj
cilabie with the facts. Newspaper
photographs and television foot
age showed that some of the vic
tims had been thrashed, probably
with a sjambok, and others had
injuries consistent with blows
flrbm rifle butts or metal bars. If
the accusations of rape were, in
the nature of things, hard to
prove, the cartridge cases col
lected by the handful did suggest
an ovenreaction by the troops.
Whatever took the troops into
Phola Park, it was not an appeal
from the police. They knew noth
ing about the attack, though it is
said to have lasted four hours.
The very presence of the troops in
the settlement may have been
irregular.
In the face of evidence gath
ered by the ANC and the news
media, the SADF finally aban
doned its attempt to strike right
eous poses, and offered a board of
i nqui r y, p o s s i b l e c r i mi n a l
charges, and a tour of the area by
the new and, it should be said.
charge;
ie executlon7of a 'cbmmanding
cer^andltTestsonwbat
Douglas'MacArthur.incoo-
flrmlngla sentence ofdeathon'a
tnesefoe,called thesoldiers
tcodc. *
"The soldier, he said, be he
friend or foe, is charged with the
protection of the weak and the
unarmed. Senior officers cannot
escape culpability when their
troops go on the rampage, and it
is not sufficient for a board of
military officers to seek out a
couple of illiterate Angolan pri
vates on whom to pin the blame
for atrocities.
Certainly the officers who con
tinue to shield the CCB cannot be
trusted to conduct any inquiry
into their own misdemeanours.
Therefore, it is fortunate that, at
the end of the week, Mr Roelf
Meyer referred the matter to the
Golds tone Commission. In the
meantime, the troops should be
withdrawn from police auties, for
which they are neither properly
trained nor adequately led. and
the police should be strengthened
at the expense of the SADF. It is
time to abandon the methods of
war in governing the country.
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Reliving the
nightmare of 32
Battalion raid
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S2BattalionInIesj- than ?week.!reddent v
;is beiieved she died from excessive bleeding,
jferjujsband Jobs Msimango,'wbo was also
s %sbot m1iis^legs, claliDed be^tried ln vain to
"!Aget joraeooe to take his wife to hospital.
'"Most of the men fled the area and those
V.i.
claimed on Friday. And oo oooe of the three . . . . __, -------
occasions were the SADF roember^iccoS^'' remained were 100 scared to venture
panied by the police. 1 '
Last FYiday several people were injured
wben SADF members raided the squatter
settlement. And on Monday more than a
dozen people were brutally beaten up by 32
Battalion members in an unprovoked mid
outside for fear of being shot, be said.
Mr Msimango said that after he came
back from his fruitless search for help, his
wife told him she had been raped.
K icked
day attack, residents said.
Mo iore than 120 people were injured in Wed
nesdays raid which lasted more than 10
boors. Sixty-seven of those injured includ
ing women and teenagers had broken
limbs after being allegedly assaulted with
rifle fcutts, cricket bats and steel pipes.
.. Some were sjambokked and trampled by
the battalion which gained notoriety during
the Angolan and Namibian wars.
One woman, Nomatuse Msimango, died in
the attack. Her legs had been shot off and it
Mr Msimango's shack was riddled with
bullet boles and all the windows in his shack
had been broken when the Sunday Star visit
ed him on Friday.
According to residents, the raid started
shortly after 8pm in an area of the squatter
camp known as Zola. About six uniformed
soldiers travelling in an armoured troop car
rier kicked down doors and broke windows
on the northern side of the settlement, resi
dents said. About an hour later they were
joir"xJ by several dozen men in Casspirs who
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swept through Section K before raiding the
six remaining sections of the camp.
The soldiers allegedly took a break be
tween 4 am and 6 am before resuming their
raid which lasted until about 8am.
Residents claimed that at no stage did the
soldiers surround the camp as claimed by an
! SADF spokesman, and this gave some of the
I men a chance to escape to nearby Eden Park
j to seek sanctuary.
; Koekie Mofokeng, whose hi*sband died re-
I cently, had her mourning clothes ripped off
i *?ben she tried to show the raiders her late
' ishaods death certificate. In African cus
tom, women in mourning are treated with
respect and no one is allowed to touch or
assault a woman in mourning.
Mrs Mofokengs hands and arms were a
criss-cross of weals she sustained as she
warded off blows from a cricket bat. Paulina
^Dabula, who waa with her at tba.Urae.hadj
.fa riht-hand7fin*er broken: aMt^atafoed'
:deep gash on theforeheadKTbe
manded to knowthe wfeereaboutstof' theii^l
husbands and asked them to.prpduceguns.j,**
After kicking down the door about four
soldiers got into the shack and asked about
our husbands whereabouts." Mrs Mofokeng
told them her husband had died and pro
duced his death certificate but they grabbed
it from her and started assaulting her, she
told Sunday Star.
Mrs Mofokeng hid under the bed and they
then turned on me," Ms Dabula said.
T told then that I was staying with Mrs
Mofokeng during her mourning but they
would not listen and only stopped when an
other soldier entered the room and pulled
them away, said Ms Dabula.
Flckson Chabangu was asleep when he
heard loud knocks on his door. At about
1am I heard loud knocking on the door and
before I could open the door I heard the
sound of breaking glass as the men broke
down the window panes.
"When I reached the door, one man in uni
form was already climbing through the bro
ken front window." Mr Chabangu said.
When he opened the door he was set upon
and assaulted by about four men while two
others prevented his wife Adelaide from
leaving the room to go to the living room
where her husband was being assaulted.
After the soldiers had left I found my hus
band lying on the floor unconscious. His eyes
were swollen and he was bleeding from the
mouth, Ms Chabangu said.
When Mr Chabangu came around he had
three front teeth missing and his face and
body were bruised. All the windows of his
shack had been broken.
Distrust
ANC regional spokesman Simon Tsotetsi
claimed the attack was unprovoked He
claimed that after he was called to the set
tlement at about 6am he found soldiers as
saulting a security guard
J I .tSked Tty >i)ey were ^n g him up
he. was Mandelas dog and
assault me too. ., *
Jij *0^the 3 2 Battalion barracks and
they^ust laughed it off and became aggres-
Ssive. i then went to the police. When we ar
rived at the camp we found the men had
already left, he added.
i statement the ANC said "the undeni-
irutality experienced by scores of resi-
>f Phola Park at the hands cf 32
on raises questions that require urgent
ses.
ly has the Government and SADF re-
U . 32 Battalion, when it is composed of
Nai bian and Angolan soldiers while the
war n those countries have ended?
^nat was 32 Battalion doing in Phola
Park in the first place, apparently even with
out the Knowledge of the SAP?
It is precisely the continued deployment
of foreign mercenaries, who ;ee the people
fh'': ' Tinforces distrust of the
impression that such
the responsibility for the
ongoui,. ........ e.' the ANC said.
"The ANC reiterates its demands that all
mercenary forces be confined to base dur
ing this transition period pending their for
mal disbandment and return to their coun
tries of origin."
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JILL I nickname was Os Tem-
B vis the Terrible Ones and
I they gained it because they were
accused of gross atrocities
against civilians during the Ango
lan/Namibian conflicts.
Their official motto is Forged in Bat
tie" something many would like to
change to Here ComtJ Trouble, be
cause wherever 32 Battalion has been
deployed, trouble inevitably has fol
lowed.
This controversial outfit of Mack Portu-
Mgeee-roeaking, battle-hardened apMiers
:vin*nyh*^e*Uedthem ,3E' *
t an effective weB-tra
I killing ridlM to af t oe, ,
flrefiabts and many major
But what ir auch mf1
South African towTWhipst-,
Are they n uncontrollable , -
carrying wolves who have been unleashed to
ow discord and terror, as many allege.
To those who live in South African town
ships where "Three-Two have been de
ployed In recent years, they are still called
the Terrible Ones.
This week - especially in East Rand
townships people began whl*Penn^J
whole string of other names too: they called
52 Battalion Beaters of Women, Rapists and
Killers, to mention but a few.
In April 1990, 32 Battalion was deploy*!
a r o u n d Mari tzburg - ana the same accusa
tions were levelled at them. ,
Does 32 Battalion deserve such wrath .
It would appear that members of 32 Bat
tslion mav have learnt iheir battle lessons
too well in Angola and Namibia battle
drills that were insUUed in them so weJ that
thev have become instincts now.
l l n w instincts, which may have led
wJ dSSay and Thursday nights temfy-
g^l i F hol a Park squatter camp on
of a senior SADF officer
-riU^oldiefS were taught that when the
fire on them they must concentrate
S S ^rel nd keep shooting until the enny
J ^w s because o f the units supenor Gre-
pC^Ttf<^nkjue was used in Phola Park
.^^S f f gunm en. allegedly arrod with
7i 5r?^Dened up on 32 Battalion patrols
*imeter of what nasbe-
Sown as one of the worst mrae-nd
**We were shot at and we returned the
Sre," the soldiers say regardless of the
fact that the unidentified gunmen were hid
i n g i n a closely buitt shack settlement, which
also bouses women and children.
Phola Park is rot a battlefield in southern
Angola. Should such battle techniques be em
ployed in quelling township violence T
When the SADF was first deployed in
South African townships, the public was told
that they would play a supportive role only
and that the SA Police would still carry the
brunt of quelling ''unrest* ___
Then why did 32 Battalion go to investi
gate reports of shooting in Phola Park on
Wednesday night? Why did they not call the
police?
Colonel Koos Laubscher of the SADFs
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ttalion only
! "But In this area the police are badly un
dermanned ... reaction time is crucial... we
went in because we heard gunshots and could
not wait hours for the police to come first,
be said.
The initial firing we beard could have
meant anything ... an attack on the settle
ment. We acted.
"You must realise that Phola Park is a
difficult place to work in - especially at
night It's good hiding Plat*
and whoever else wants to hide there, he
a d d e d
Police were informed of the investiga-
Uon" and subsequent firefight the next mom-
in The 32 Battalion captain who led Wednes
day nights fatal investigation", Captain
Mark Hermanson. said police had not been
called that night because he was too busy
with his own battle drills" when firing start
ed in the squatter camp.
"Battle drills being used in townships ?
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deployed in Natal - where they also gained
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Jamie Geldenhuys met them at the airport
.and skid. You are here to play a differ
ent role to the ooe you have been used to."
It would seem that, for the soldiers, they
we still fighting a war only the battle
field has changed and they still rely on
their trusted "battle drills.
When it came to answering allegations
that S Battalion troop* had shot, beaten and
raped Phola Park residents on Wednesday
night, Major-General WG Kritrtnger, Wi*-
wateru and commander, said the matter was
under investigation - both by the SADF and
the police.
Meanwhile, the troops under suspicion con
tinue to patrol Tokoza, Phola Park and the
surrounding camps. They have not been sus-
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a statement this was ooe
and principles agreed ^to;
representatives. -' *f*
The SADF also undertook to hare individu*
al 32 Battalion soldiers subjected to an iden
tification parade at which alleged victims of
the Phola Park attack will be able to point
out suspects. At least one worran was killed
and more than 100 people injured.
Progress of the specially convened SADF
board of inquiry would be reported regularIv-
to the LDRC. The public would be invited to.'
participate.
Mr J ustice R Goldstoc j , presently investi-.
gating a number of violence-related inci
dents, has been instructed by Minister of De
fence Roelf Meyer to investigate the Phola!
Park dash.
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32 Battalion to
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Phola Park
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S*fako Nyaka
DEFENCE Minister Roelf Meyer
yesterday announced that fie.
would withdraw 32 Battalion
from Fbcla Park.
Speaking at the SADF support
ihaaeiiNTc
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memben of the Pbot
dent&V Association'.
Meyer ialdZtb* SAp)
looking at scaling dowitf
tioM or wlthdrawingcompk
ly from the squatter settlement1
"We have a responsibility to
execute our function to take care
of the safety of the people in
Phola Park, Mr Meyer said. "We
will withdraw 32 Battalion for
the sake of allowing (police) in
vestigations to proceed, he said.
Announcing that the SADF
would conduct its own internal
enquiry into allegations of as
sault and rape at the squatter
settlement on the East Rand, Mr
Meyer said he would request the
Goldstone Commission into Pub
lic Violence to investigate vio
lence in Phola Park including
Wednesdays incident.
Charges had also been laid
with the police, and the SADF
' would assist the police in their
' i nvest i gat i ons of cri mi nal
charges, Mr Meyer said
Mr Meyer appealed to politi
cal groups, the private sector and
_ ^deotr taanteda 4ooe blade memi
!> ber of 21 Battalion known as Buti
who had been brought in as inter
preter. He nad to be withdrawn
from the cordon.
Earlier a lone soldier prevent
ed a group of chanting and danc
ing residents from entering the
prefabricated offices of the PRA.
But after a committee mem
ber, Eric Siswana, threatened to
call off the meeting, the group
was ail or. od through.
Heavily armed soldiers posi
tioned on top of and arouixl ar
moured vehicles kept residents
and journalists away from the
meeting.
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'dorgecbCrape od assault
against xnembeo t*J J Bat';
Ulioo tad police were
invmtigMtinx the aBega-
tka*, be said. "?v,'.v.
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ate fully," be said.
He said that H Battalion
would not be withdrawn
from the .v.ea. However;
the soldier* allegedly im-
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Maar SAW bly in Pholapark
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Weermag on tkcn. . . ,
iSj ^V lgens a^Wccnnagwoordvocrdcr is n
%lsoldaat, scrs. M. Mpande, Wocnsdagaand
I hUiierug geskie't nadar inwoners van die
'^kwkam^ p die Weqmag geskict het.
i*;uit seifverdcdiging teniggeskiet en
Geen beseer-
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Wocnsdagaand verkrag en aangerand.het.\
Die Rcgering gaan nie die Wcermag aan"
die pl akkerkamp onttrck nie. soos deur
die A NC gecis word. Ledc van 32 Bataljon
sal egter tydelik van diens in Phol apark
weerhou word totdat die Wecrmap se
interne ondersoek, asook die polisie-onder-
soek. afgehandel is.
Hulle sal vervang word met 'n batalj on
van hoofsaaklik bl anke soldate. Maar dis
geen rcfleksie op die batal j on me. "Hulle
is uitstekende sol date." se die minister.
Min. Meyer hct gister self die pl akker
kamp besoek en met gcmcenskapsleiers
gesels. H>was vergesel van I t.-genl. George
Meiring. Hoof van die Leer, en gcnl.-maj.
Wessel Kritzinger. bevelvoerende generaal
van die K ommandement Wi twatcrsrand
Die besoek volg op be we lings deur die
A NC dat die Weerma" Wocnsdagaand 'n
vrou doodgemaak, vier verkrag en sowat
honderd bcseer het. Dit word deur die
sr'na boeerdes gaan sock,
c'is gekry nie.
ffMi n. Meyer het gister gcse alle klagtes
van wangedrag deur lede van die Weermag
sal deur die polisie ondersoek word.
'n I nterne Weermag-ondersock. gelei
deur kol. W. Walker, is reeds begin. Die
*',uitslag sal ook aan die polisie beski kbaar
^gestel word. Ons glo dat die reg sy gang
V moet gaan.
Min. Mcvcr hct daarop gcwys dat die
onrus herlei moet word na die haglikc
toestande waaronder die inwoners van
Phol apark !eef.
Dit is onaanvaarbaar. Ek wil 'n beroep
op alle instansies en partve docn om saam
te werk sodat die probleem oorbrug kan
word. Dit is tyd dat al mal bymckaar kom
en iets drasti cs daaromtrent docn."
Volgcns min. Meyer is dit duidclik dat
daar el cmcntc in Phol api rk is wat nie wil
vrede he nie cn geweld aanbl aas. Dit
maak die lewe vir die Weermag. wat orde
probeer handhaaf. bi tter moeiiik.
"Daar is heeitemal tc vccl onwettige
wapens in die pl akkei kamp. Daarvan is
daar gcnoeg bewyse. Net in Maart was
daar ticn skietvoorvall e waar mense ge-
wond of dood is.
Ek is tcvredc dat gcnoeg gedoen is om
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die watrbetd tc. last uitkom. . to*.!
smeardeiT'.van enige leant sal gedild ward *
nie, het min. Meyer gesi. - .*..*-***
Sap'berig dat twee^A _
op Bekkendal gio rmitif lihirfliitrtL toe <\
ledt^van die Weennag i u l
bet; Die Weermag be* V._,_
f iireeks mxJdemag opgddaag en
'taigfeter dfepebedvetiaat
Pofaanaa k dood en *n lid van
die'WeefrnM beseer in serwe aanvalle op
die vriKgbckfenagte tussen Dooderdag en
VrydagMBd, t
'n Yerdere vier borgeriikes is dood
*n diie beseer in onrusverwante voorvalle.
*n Pob'siernan is in Maiagasi, Natal,
ooodlottig gewond toe hy en n koilega n
kk* ondenodr bet. Sowatrtien man* het
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night, the door of her shack
burst open and two men in
military uniform rushed in,
shouting, Where is yoor
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la'rrifle butt slammedJuupd, r
nto her bead.' T' '
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foe Mrs Komanisi until the*
;men had finished humiliat
ing her.
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cradled my baby in his
arms, the other grabbed
my private parts, she said.

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THE battle-hardened soldiers of 32 Battal
ion say all they did was try to keep the
peace In the East Rand's Phola Park squat
ter camp.
But more than 100 residents, most of them wom
en, have a different story. They say they were shot,
sexually assaulted, dubbed with rifle-butts, burnt
whipped or beaten by troops as they cowered in
taeir homes.
Police have opened a
.norder docket in connec
tion wtth ooe of the resi
dents deaths and are
investigating the violence.
The soldiers were
patrolling the are* late on
Wednesday when they
beard gunfire. They en
tered Pbola Park to inves
tigate, said the officer
commanding the Wit-
watersrand Command.
Major-General WG Krit-
zinger.
The troops were
attacked without provoca
tion and one of them was
shot. The SADF then
returned fire, he said
"We are here to protect
residents we are not the
aggressors.
He gave few other de
tail:. but residents ac
counts filled in some of the
gps-
Nosakhele Komanisi, a
22-year-old pregnant moth
er. said she was woken by
screams and gunfire at
about 9pm. Praying the
tumult would die down, she
tried to hash her yeanold
baby at her side.
Momatuse Gqumza, 32,
died early on Thursday
after being raped and shot *
in the legs, according to an
affidavit from her hus
band, John Msimango, 52.
He said they had been
woken by screams and hur
ried foosteps outside their 7
shack, and suspected a
police raid.
They took the precau
tionary measure of moving
to the floor for safety bat
as we were preparing to
sleep on the floor, shots B
were fired into our shack
and I was hit in both legs*.
Hearing his wi fe' s
screams, be looked down
and saw both her legs
completely fractured and .
beld together by flesh".
Mr Msimango said be
was ordered to open his
door for one white soldier
and a number of Mack soi-

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Without saying any
thing, a Mack soldier hit
me trader the right eye
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{ day M|ht SoMlars are sop-
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* moment" when trouble
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belpM,, Major-General Krlt-
rmya ^iluaBr said pottce were pot;
^ p raniielywtttaeri^^am^feaotoittrne wu
J^kdljfcnni 'crucial and ttBattahon.
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k . . ' 5 U * p e c t S
Ms wife.' ,
'me^bS ?* tf f J j f S i-l f AnS^ g*PS 5S ? ni ^ i0**
w false. Nevertheless, Major-;
General Kritxinger'saki,
the Shadeat
she was left'
okiler.
Vlctlmifofitba^
i r t S f ' bed r^ d o w n 1 ,= ^ ^
J i tgghta o^TS
molest roe, bat be climbed .
os top of roe, pasbed my
thigh* apart and tore my
panties. He held gun to
me and threatened to kQl
me if I mate a wand. Then
be raped me." T*
Cynthia Mnixi, 29, Hid
she waa dragged out of ber
home by four men and.
when she tried to runaway,
was kicked repeatedly in
tbe stomach, and her back
* A.
uCLTuu
Pbola Park looked like
in open-air casualty ward
on Friday morning, with
frightened residents mill*
tag around with bandages
on their beads and plaster
casts sa their Urobe.-
C A number of residents
IMlJTlH soldiers had coo-
tinned 'assaulting people
until about Sam on Thurs
day and had threatened to
return that night
Pobce said In a state
ment they had received no
official reports ef violence
brPhoto Park on Wedwa-
Collection Number: AK2702

Goldstone Commission of Enquiry into PHOLA PARK Records 1992-
1993

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