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hostelsExplanation Did you, on that morning, did you receive any specific information in respect as to what was happening at the hostels? to explain this. The train would come from Germiston, so that the last station in Khatlehong is kwaZihne station, and this station is surrounded by hostels. When the train comes to a halt at kwaZihne station, obviously we would know that these are IFP members, the train was now being used by the ... ADV GCABASHE : What had the leadership decided to do about talking to the community in Zone 4 about these incidents? Just take us through that. Not your leadership, the people who were above you, unless you were in complete control of the hostels, you can explain that. MR CEBEKHULU: We were buying them in the hostels. ... here to come and listen to this gruesome ordeal that I experienced. In 1983, although I do not remember the date, I use to stay in Tembisa at the hostels. I moved with some of the Comrades from the hostel and we left for Alexandra during the mass funeral of 17 people who were killed. From ... ... out there in the small countries of our country and I thought they were being very courageous. Up to points where they would even infiltrate mine hostels against the restrictions that were being put before them by mine security and the police, generally. In terms of politics, I think some of ... and his friends would rely on. The fact that there was a political turmoil in the area, it is not good enough a reason for anyone to go out of the hostels and go about shooting people and robbing people. It is also clear in our minds here that a reason was given for the alleged order which ... ... 1990, in the sense of a conflict or a fight involving people who apparently supported the Inkatha Freedom Party and who were mainly resident in the hostels in and around Thokoza and members of the community in Thokoza, predominantly members or supporters of the African National Congress. Now ... ... station. At that time we were monitoring the move by the IFP, the KwaZulu Police, because they were all arresting everybody on the road and in the hostels. On the 10th June 1992 Sergeant Gumede - Khumalo - chased me from Mkhabusa area. He was driving in a white Sentra, and the other squad were ... MR SKHOSANA: What came to my mind was this, this person was there, he was on his way to Buyafuthi to kill because during those times, people would be fetched from kwaZulu Natal to the hostels and those people would kill people. MR TSHABANGU: Before the 17th of June 1992 the ANC, that is the ANC at Boipatong, marched to kwaMadala threatening that we should be evicted and the hostel should be demolished. And these were the utterances of the ANC itself that the hostels should be demolished at the time. MR DLAMINI: As I've said, I would be involved in so many things that some of them I don't recall but I may agree or admit that I was part of this. I see here as it reads there was never time when we will get opportunity to get inside the hostels so I really bear no knowledge of this particular one. ... Beulah was using some means by conducting rallies there. The people who were there were not residents of Zone 7. They were coming from the hostels, as well as in Sebokeng Hostel there weren't any members of the IFP. What I could say is the community, because the people who were affected ... ... one lady went to call Mr Xulu, and then they were talking together now that, "Oh, here's one person who's also on the list, and then they went to hostels to call others. Most of the people who killed my husband they didn't even know my husband. They were new employees of that mine. They ... ... operative SDU units into the houses? I will just use a quick example. For instance the houses at Khumalo Street, so that you could shoot into the hostels across the road. That is just as an example, but were you ever involved in giving SDU units that were on an operation ... ... with ANC, therefore members of IFP resigned from NUMSA. Those who were hostel dwellers, who were still members of the Union, were harassed at the hostels. As I've already stated that the train sector structure, in the morning we used to toyi-toyi in the trains and then even after work we used ... CHAIRPERSON: You say that one component of this was the presence of the Security Forces, was that the only nature of violence that we are talking about, or was there also violence between residents of the townships and people in the hostels? ... like to know from you, what purpose would be served by the disarming of the police in the light of what you've said there that the attacks on the hostels had ... ... group. Due to the violence that took place I realised that the people in the located were supposedly belonging to the ANC, and the people at the hostels were members of the IFP. That is why they kept on attacking us. They started attacking the location as a whole without even knowing as to ... MR MADONDO: In 1993 we were instructed by Makasonke to patrol during the day because it looked like the commander heard that there were people from KwaZulu Natal who were promised jobs here by their brothers who were staying in the hostels. |
