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hostelsExplanation MR KHANYILE: No, Mr Strydom, I no longer feel the same. All I can say is that after the incident I was committed to peace because I would say that there are so many things that I have done from that time up to today which we efforts to reconcile the ANC and the IFP, especially in the hostels. CHAIRPERSON: Well I'm not too sure whether this witness said that there was no television in the hostel at all. Were there televisions in the hostels? ... been paroled. We need to find out why these things were allowed to happen. Then, in another incident in February 1992, there was an attack on the hostels at Esikhawini in which at least 12 people died and the police did not intervene until it was apparent that the hostel dwellers were defending ... used its surrogates to massacre township residents. At that stage, I had witnessed the terror being visited upon the communities by people from the hostels, who identified themselves as Inkatha. Inkatha members had also said they want to take over the East Rand, the area I was active in and make ... ... of the Casper and using it for political purposes, in doing so they attacked IFP members occupying Kutusa Hostel and another hostel, firing at the hostels and the people living therein. The attack took the form of a ruse to lull the occupants of those two buildings into a false sense of ... MR NOSENGA: They used to put it in a room, I cannot remember very well. That's where the Indunas would meet and divide the food accordingly. They would divide the food and distribute it into room in the hostels. CHAIRPERSON: These individuals that you killed did not come from the hostels, right? ... of this, because we knew that Romeo didn't rob any car. They were framing him as they also framed me, saying that I killed someone at the railway hostels, and I knew that I wouldn't just kill a person. This was something that I wouldn't have done. They were just trying to get me arrested. ... ADV MOTATA: The information we have through evidence, is that it was the IFP and ANC related members who were waging war against each other, and in particular the hostels were perceived to be invested with Inkatha members. Do you bear that knowledge as a resident of Thokoza? MS MTANGA: Can you give us some information on the hostel dwellers that you'd been referring to who had been attacking your community, as to which hostel dwellers were these? Where were these hostels found in Diepkloof, and how were these attacks carried out? this Commission and we see according to your statement that you are one of those who were victims between the factions of the ANC and the IFP in the hostels but before you can give your testimony I'd request you to stand up so that you can take the ... MR BERGER: Did you liaise with other committees of the IFP Youth in other hostels or other townships. Was there any communication between you? MS NGWANDI: As they were going on they decided to go and join Inkatha, that's why they went to the hostels. with the surname of Peens, Shaka and Rooikop, but he specifically mentions in his statement that on the day of the attack he saw Peens coming to the hostels accompanied by his colleague Shaka. He even says that Peens came to the hostel in his own motor vehicle which he describes as a white Opel ... of the IFP published an order that members of the IFP should resign from unions such as NUMSA and COSATU; members of the unions were harassed in the hostels and attacked on trains by members of the IFP. As a result of this his group met in Germiston and took a decision that they as commuters ... ... to negotiate with the police to try and protect or defend the people, though I can't remember the date, when the people were being attacked in the hostels, there was a rumour that there was an attempt for police who were actually taking the people from Mshayazafe hostel to Polla Park. That day ... in the police station and then the person who is actually watching or guarding them would actually keep in touch with those people who were in their hostels. That’s how I actually got hold of one and then I bought it from one guy by the surname of Ngobo, that is Bhekumuzi Ngobo who was a resident ... MR SIQAZA: When they burnt our houses, went to the single hostels and from there went to Khayelitsha. Even the funeral, it was difficult to bury him. We buried him very early in the morning. He stayed less than a month MR HATTINGH: This is an incident where limpet mines were placed at certain hostels? Children were not spared the horror. Schooling in the area, came to a complete standstill. Children barely reaching their teens, left schools to defend life and property. Areas situated near hostels, were particularly affected. |
