Tensions flare between SAPS & ‘anti-apartheid combatants’ in Durban CBD A group of people calling themselves anti-apartheid combatants hijacked a derelict hotel last week and have now been removed. land-grab-1jpg one hour ago DURBAN - There is a tense stand-off under way between the police and people purporting to be former anti-apartheid combatants in the Durban CBD. A group of people calling themselves anti-apartheid combatants hijacked a derelict hotel last week on Wednesday and have now been removed. Members of an organisation calling itself the Liberation Struggle War Veterans Association said the African National Congress government promised them a prosperous life after 1994, but it had so far failed to deliver.