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hostelsExplanation Mr Mahlangu, when you came to Mshayazafe, did you get inside those hostels or were you shooting from the outside? ... 4, from approximately 06h00 Inkatha supporters came into the centre of Johannesburg and began roaming around. Most of them came by foot from the hostels. ... MS NGWANDI: As they were going on they decided to go and join Inkatha, that's why they went to the hostels. CHAIRPERSON: These individuals that you killed did not come from the hostels, right? MR NOSENGA: No, there were meetings called at KwaMadala Hostel and all persons living in the hostels would attend those meetings. ... the wrong office, because that was not the main gate, then we thought that was the main gate but it was a near gate, it was a near entrance to the hostels. So we should have attacked the main gate other side of the mine, so we did not reach that point. So that is why I think we won only one ... ... not there. I had to explain to them what had happened. I had to explain to them what had happened because they were not there. They were at the hostels. ... MR SHANE: Well Mr Chairman, there is evidence in previous application, that what the police would do for instance, if they didn't shoot members of the SDU, what the police would often do, they would take them to hostels and let them be dealt with by members of the IFP. CHAIRPERSON: And to you knowledge, were any of the persons who were killed persons from the hostels? n. Reaction forces were flown in for surprise raids on hostels. ADV MOTATA: Now we have been whilst we were in Vosloorus shown a map of the area in respect of Schoeman Street and Khumalo Street, if we speak of this Danger Zone, where would you place it with regard to the hostels lining around there? "Activists in the ...(indistinct) report that the local warlord-type figure who operates out of one of the hostels in the name of MK, runs a private army that has aroused considerable resentment by collecting levies for arms and imposing protection fees on residents." ... we have got many areas which we believe or focus to them for this healing and the reconciliation process of the TRC. We merely have thought of the hostels whereby we believe that many hostel dwellers are not in good relationships with the people in the locations or in the townships due to 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? ... 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. ... 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. 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 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
