South Africa
Modified 12 Nov 2002
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PAGAD (People Against Gangsterism And Drugs) --
As per the U.S. Dept of State (April 2001),
``PAGAD was formed in 1996 as a community
anticrime group fighting drugs and violence
in the Cape Flats section of Cape Town but by
early 1998 had also become antigovernment and
anti-Western. PAGAD and its Islamic ally Qibla
view the South African Government as a threat
to Islamic values and consequently promote
greater political voice for South African
Muslims. The group is led by Abdus Salaam
Ebrahim. PAGAD's G-Force (Gun Force) operates
in small cells and is believed responsible
for carrying out acts of terrorism. PAGAD
uses several front names, including Muslims
Against Global Oppression (MAGO) and Muslims
Against Illegitimate Leaders (MAIL), when
launching anti-Western protests and campaigns.
PAGAD is suspected of conducting recurring
bouts of urban terrorism--particularly bomb
sprees--in Cape Town since 1998, including
nine bombings in 2000. Bombing targets
have included South African authorities,
moderate Muslims, synagogues, gay nightclubs,
tourist attractions, and Western-associated
restaurants. PAGAD is believed to have
masterminded the bombing on 25 August 1998
of the Cape Town Planet Hollywood.
Said to have ties to
Osama bin Laden.
http://www.pagad.co.za/
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Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) --
ultra-left-wing socialist organization advocating
total nationalization of all South Africa's (or
"Azania" as they call it) resources and land to
"the African masses".
Had origins in the BCM (Black Consciousness Movement)
started by Steve Biko in the 1970's,
lost ground to ANC and PAC in 1980's and 1990's.
http://www.azapo.org.za
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Pan Africanist Congress of Azania --
http://www.pac.org.za.
Formed in 1960's as offshoot of ANC by Robert Sobukwe,
similar to AZAPO.
Violently anti-white until recently, advocated slogan
"One settler one bullet".
Armed wing, Azanian People's Liberation Army (ALPA)
said resposible for farm murders, bank robberies,
random attacks on whites and police and military,
machine gunning and grenading of St James Church
in Kenilworth (July 1993, 11 dead),
attack on King Williams Town Golf Course (late 1992),
several restaurant bombings in the Eastern Cape
(end of 1992),
RPG attack on Heidelberg Pub in Observatory, Cape Town
(31 Dec 1993),
attack on Highgate Hotel.
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Qibla --
Islamic fundamentalist group formed in late 1970's by
Sheik Achmat Cassiem to oppose the then apartheid
government. Still active and closely aligned to PAGAD.
I don't have a working URL right now...
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People Against Drugs and Violence (PADAV) --
PAGAD clone operating mostly in Eastern Cape area,
much smaller than PAGAD.
I don't have a working URL right now...
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``Resistance'' groups --
There are a number of these, generally
extreme-right-wing groups with racially
motivated agendas.
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Die Afrikaner Weerstand Beweging
(Afrikaner Resistance Movement)
-- AWB --
http://www.lantic.co.za/~awb/
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The International Freedom Forum --
Wants to establish Saxia, the Land of the
Anglo-Afrikaner Saxons:
http://www.tou.com/host/iff/
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Others include:
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Wit Wolwe
(White Wolves) --
extremist Afrikaner group, violently
racist, advocating formation of
separate Afrikaner homeland.
Most notorious member is Barend Strydom
who gunned down a number of black
pedestrians in Pretoria in November
1988. Sentenced to life imprisonment,
released in late 1992 in swap with
ANC and PAC.
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Boere Liberation Army (BLA)
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Blanke Weerstandsbeweging
(White Resistance Movement)
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Boeremag (Farmer Power
or Farmer Strength) --
Leader Thomas Vogel Vorster is in
custody, but six top Boeremag members
are wanted after detonating 10-11 bombs
in and around Soweto (Johannesburg) on
October 29th 2002.
Plan to overthrow SA government
contained in "Document 12" which
was emailed to most SA newspapers
in Nov 2002 (although its authenticity
has yet to be confirmed).
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Israelse Visie
(Israel Vision) --
extreme right-wing group advocating
a separate Afrikaner homeland.
Splinter group at most,
with a limited following.
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There is an analysis, from an anti-anti-semitism
point of view, at:
http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive1/southafrica/safrica.htm
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BTW -- National Intelligence Agency --
http://www.nia.org.za/
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