Neither one mentions that the terrorists were members of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC):
In 1993, the APLA’s chief commander, Sabelo Phama, declared that he “would aim his guns at children — to hurt whites where it hurts most.” Phama proclaimed 1993 as “The Year of the Great Storm” and sanctioned the following attacks on civilians:
- King William’s Town Golf Club on 28 November 1992, killing four people.
- Highgate Hotel in East London on 1 May 1993, killing five people.
- St James Church massacre in Kenilworth on 25 July 1993, killing 11 people during a church service.
- Heidelberg Tavern in Observatory on 31 December 1993, killing four.
In total thirty-two applications were received for attacks on civilians. In these incidents, 24 people were killed and 122 seriously injured. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has presently charged that PAC-sanctioned action directed towards white South Africans were “gross violations of human rights for which the PAC and APLA leadership are held to be morally and politically responsible and accountable”.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission also granted the attackers in the St. James Massacre full amnesty. Hmm…