hrvtrans HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SUBMISSIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1997-06-09 EAST LONDON 1 MRS LINDA SOPHIA TONISI EC1592/96 ELN https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=55240&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/hrvtrans/hrvel2/elntoni.htm REV FINCA We now call Linda Sophia Tonisi. REV XUNDU MRS LINDA SOPHIA TONISI (sworn states) MR SANDI Thank you Mr Chairperson. Mrs Tonisi you are here to talk about Masibulele Maxwell Tonisi, is that correct? MRS TONISI Yes, that is correct. MR SANDI How are you related to him? MRS TONISI MR SANDI Your story is similar to the story already told by one of the witnesses. If I remember clearly the witness before the one was there. When did he go Angola? MRS TONISI MR SANDI Before going into details about his disappearance please tell us briefly about his lifestyle before he left the country especially concerning the political activities. MRS TONISI MR SANDI How old was he at that time? MRS TONISI He left the country in 1981. MR SANDI Was he twenty three years old? MRS TONISI He was born in 1961. MR SANDI Was he working or was he still at school at the time? MRS TONISI He was still at school but he had left school and got a job in West Bank. MR SANDI Let us start in 1981 Mr Tonisi when he left the country. What happened? MRS TONISI MR SANDI Excuse me Mrs Tonisi, at the time you heard he was in Germany, Angola and all these places, who was giving you this information? MRS TONISI We would hear from people in the township that they were in these different places. We did not receive any letters from him and he never phoned us. MR SANDI MRS TONISI No, we did not even receive a letter from him but we read in a newspaper in 1984 that he had passed away. MR SANDI What newspaper was this? MRS TONISI MR SANDI You did not find out what happened in Angola and why he died? MRS TONISI MR SANDI Is that your request Mrs Tonisi? MRS TONISI Yes, I would like his bones to be exhumed. MR SANDI MRS TONISI MR SANDI Thank you Mrs Tonisi, thank you Mr Chairperson. REV FINCA Mrs Tonisi maybe you have already answered this question, did you have any contact with the ANC after it was unbanned to try and find out what happened? MRS TONISI No. REV FINCA You did not go to the ANC offices? MRS TONISI No. REV FINCA What was the reason, why did you not got to them and ask them so that you could find out what happened? MRS TONISI