Right-Wing Groups - South African Government Information
Right-Wing Groups - South African Government Information
Right-Wing Groups - South African Government Information
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he was instructed to infiltrate the right wing and sow divisions. He testified that<br />
he was involved in crimen injuria, defamation, invasion of privacy and other<br />
violations against AWB leader Eugene Te r re’blanche during 1988/89. This<br />
involved smear campaigns and 24-hour tapping of his telephones, leading to<br />
the exposure of his alleged affair with a Sunday newspaper journ a l i s t .<br />
62. The same Security Branch policeman applied for amnesty for theft and a bre a k -<br />
in at the AWB offices in Pretoria in 1989, when a number of documents were<br />
taken. He believes the information gained as a result helped the police (and<br />
g o v e rnment) to keep the right wing ‘under control’.<br />
63. He also admitted to arson, damage to pro p e r t y, intimidation and conspiracy<br />
during the early 1990s, and carrying out actions in the name of the Wit Wo l w e<br />
(‘White Wolves’) in Pretoria and Ve r w o e rd b u rg. These actions targeted white activists<br />
such as members of the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) and the National<br />
Union of <strong>South</strong> <strong>African</strong> Students (Nusas) affiliates and involved the creation and<br />
distribution of Stratcom-style pamphlets in the name of the Wit Wo l w e .<br />
Links with the CCB<br />
64. One of the earliest known right-wing violations seems to have been orc h e s t r a t e d<br />
by the Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB). Applicant Leonard Michael Ve e n e n d a l<br />
[AM3675/96], who was involved with a number of right-wing groups, testified<br />
that he was a paid CCB member while at the same time carrying out actions<br />
with various right-wingers. Veenendal, together with another CCB member, a<br />
German right-winger and other right-wingers – most related to the BWB – were<br />
involved in the killing of an UNTAG guard in Namibia in 1989. Ve e n e n d a l<br />
escaped from custody, killing the police officer guarding them. He was re f u s e d<br />
amnesty [AC1998/002].<br />
Links with the Inkatha Freedom Party<br />
65. Applications and intelligence documents provide evidence that some IFP<br />
members and right-wingers collaborated on a wide front, particularly in eff o r t s<br />
to pro c u re weapons.<br />
66. With the formation of the Concerned <strong>South</strong> <strong>African</strong>s Group (COSAG) in 1993,<br />
the IFP formalised its ties with the Afrikaner Vo l k s f ront, an umbrella body comprising<br />
a variety of conservative and right-wing groups.<br />
V O L U M E 6 S E C T I O N 3 C H A P T E R 6 P A G E 4 5 6
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