Truth Commission Special Report
Human Rights Violation Hearing - 55588

Type: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SUBMISSIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Starting Date: 25 March 1997
Location: LUSIKISIKI
Day: 2 LUSIKISIKI
Names: NOFUDUKA ELEANOR MAMJOLI XHAKANA
URL: https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=55588&t=&tab=hearings
Original File: https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/hrvtrans/lusiki/xhakana.htm
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NOFUDUKA ELEANOR MAMJOLI XHAKANA: (sworn states)

MS CRICHTON: Mrs Xhakana, you are here to tell us about your husband.  What was his name?

MS XHAKANA: He was Shomboto Rubin Xhakana.

MS CRICHTON: And he was detained for three years.  Is that correct?

MS XHAKANA: Yes that is correct.

MS CRICHTON: What was the charge?

MS XHAKANA: He was arrested in the Nonqulana incident.

MS CRICHTON: And on his release he was a very sick man.  Did they tell you in the hospital in Nzimkulu what was wrong with him?

MS XHAKANA: They said that he had been beaten up, he was coughing blood and he could not hear.

MS CRICHTON: It seems that there were many people who came out of prison, out of detention who were coughing blood.  Why do you think that was?

MS XHAKANA: This was because they were beaten up and they were kicked and he was beaten up by the back of the rifles.

MS CRICHTON: You also speak how this has affected you.  You say that you have suffered from depression?  Are you under any treatment for that?

MS XHAKANA: No.   I am under no treatment, because I ... the one of the state of my health.

MS CRICHTON: I need to ask Mr Lungu the same question.  Mrs Xhakana is there anything else you wish to say?

MS XHAKANA: No thank you.

MS CRICHTON: Thank you very much.

 Thank you Mr Chairman.