hrvtrans HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION HEARINGS 1996-10-08 KAROO 2 CT/01301 SIMONI ZONO NTSOKOLO ZONO SHOT & KILLED BY POLICE https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=55343&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/hrvtrans/karoo/ct01301.htm MS BURTON Good morning Mr Zono - can you hear me well. MR ZONO Yes I can hear you. MS BURTON Please will you stand to take the oath. JAMES NTSOKOLO ZONO Duly sworn states MS BURTON Thank you very much. Mr Zono you live in New Brighton in Noupoort is that right? MR ZONO MS BURTON You have come to tell us about the death of your brother - Simon Booi Zono. MR ZONO MS BURTON Please will you tell us what happened on that day in September 1985. MR ZONO Yes he was a policeman. MS BURTON [indistinct] the people who went to the house, go speak to him. MR ZONO Nomalanga called them so that they can chase away Booi because the policeman were not allowed in the location. MS BURTON I see thank you - please go on. MR ZONO He shot my brother and he covered him with a zinc and he went to the police station - he came back with a van and he took my brother with the van to the mortuary. And I was working for the Municipality at that time and they told me there that my brother is dead and he told me that I was needed at home - I was called at home. And when I arrived at home there were many people at home and they told me that my brother was shot - he has passed away. They told me my brother has passed away. MS BURTON Thank you Mr Zono - do you know if other people were injured at that time? MR ZONO Yes there was one but he is not here in the hall - his surname is Kebane he is in Johannesburg now. The bullet was taken out in Bloemfontein from his body. And the police took him to see my brother who has passed away. MS BURTON MR ZONO MS BURTON [indistinct] that we can inform you that an inquest was held and Constable Booi Jack did make a statement and explained that he was hiding from a group of young people and then he decided to fire at them and that is how your brother was killed. Is - do you know where constable Booi Jack is now? MR ZONO MS BURTON [indistinct] in Noupoort anymore. MR ZONO No he left Noupoort a long time ago. MS BURTON [indistinct] the sad lost that you and your family experienced Mr Zone. I am just going to ask my colleagues if they want to ask you any other questions. ADV POTGIETER Mr Zono did you brother - later brother leave any children behind? MR ZONO ADV POTGIETER Would you like to tell us what happened at the funeral were there any restrictions at the funeral. MR ZONO There were many policeman monitoring the funeral. ADV POTGIETER And they - were they placing any restrictions on the funeral telling you what you should be doing. MR ZONO They told us that people were not suppose to be over 50 - people who attended the funeral. ADV POTGIETER [indistinct] thank you very much. MS BURTON Mr Zono was your brother a leader in any community organisation? MR ZONO No he was not a leader. MS BURTON He just happened to be with that group of people who went to gather around the house where this constable was hiding. MR ZONO Ja he just happened to be there. MS BURTON Is there anything else that you would like to say to the Truth Commission. MR ZONO No there is nothing else. MS BURTON Let me just thank you very much for coming and we once again offer our sympathy to you and to your family for the loss of your brother. Thank you very much.