hrvtrans HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SUBMISSIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1997-06-10 EAST LONDON 2 MRS BERNICE ELIZABETH WHITFIELD EC101/96 ELN https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=55244&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/hrvtrans/hrvel2/elnwhi.htm REV FINCA We will now call Bernice Whitfield. MRS BERNICE ELIZABETH WHITFIELD (sworn states) REV FINCA Welcome Bernice Whitfield Tiny Maya will raise a few questions to you with regard to your statement. MISS MAYA MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA According to the statement in front of us your husband was only forty two years old when he was killed in the shooting that took place at High Gate Hotel, is that correct? MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA I want to give you an opportunity to present your testimony uninterrupted and then maybe I will come back to ask you a few question just to clarify things that may not be clear. You can continue. MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA Thank you Mrs Whitfield, I would like to ask you just a few questions as I said earlier. It is obvious that the death of your husband has affected you has changed your life and the life of your family and especially financially. MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA I would you to share with us the effect that his death has had on you and especially your children and also tell us how many children you have, their ages and whether they are schooling or not. MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA Thank you. You said something earlier about seeing a report in the daily dispatch that one of the people involved in this shooting had been sentenced to fourteen year imprisonment? MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA Mrs Whitfield if you were to come face to face to this person or if you were given an opportunity to convey a certain message to him or to them what would you like to convey to them? MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA Thank you. Are you able to tell us at all what the nature and the extent of injuries your husband sustained in the shooting? MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA Thank you. Would you like to place a request or a recommendation before us so that we can convey that to the State President? MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA Is that all? MRS WHITFIELD That is it. MISS MAYA Mrs Whitfield would you like maybe to request an indulgence just for your children if not for yourself? Their education, their welfare and their well-being? MRS WHITFIELD MISS MAYA REV FINCA Mr Sandi? MR SANDI MRS WHITFIELD MR SANDI Thank you very much Mrs Whitfield. Thank you Mr Chairman. REV FINCA MRS WHITFIELD REV FINCA Thank you very much. We will call our next witness and convey our thanks to all of you together.