TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION 

YOUTH HEARINGS

SUBMISSIONS - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

DATE: 3 JUNE 1997

NAME: ABEL NKABINDE

CASE: - LEANDRA

DAY 1

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MR NKABINDE: Yes, my name is Abel Nkabinde known as M A Nkabinde. I was born in 1958 in the area of Leandra. I am the first Chairperson of the then organisation in this town which was called Leandra Action Committee which was established in 1980. Then briefly, Leandra was established in 1904 by the, about 236 people who came together. One of those people was the late Gertrude Lulu and then Andries Vakoete and the others. So Leandra was registered under the Bantu Trust, what they called Bantu Trust Land Act which was the trust land. That was in, from 1904. Then between the year of 40 and year 1940 to 1960 ...

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