hrvtrans HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SUBMISSIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1997-03-25 LUSIKISIKI 2 LUSIKISIKI NDOVELA NXASANA https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=55578&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/hrvtrans/lusiki/nxasana.htm NDOVELA NXASANA (sworn states) MS MAYA Mr Nxasana you are going to talk about yourself. Is that so? MR NXASANA Yes. MS MAYA You were one of the people who were detained after the Ngquza incident. Is that so? MR NXASANA Yes. MS MAYA Where were you detained and when? MR NXASANA In Umtata. MS MAYA For how long? MR NXASANA I was first detained at Mkhambati and then Umtata. MS MAYA You have mentioned Umzimkhulu and Umgundlovo. MR NXASANA Yes. That was after Umtata, they took me to Umzimkhulu, from Umzimkhulu to Pietermaritzburg. MS MAYA What was your period of your detention? MR NXASANA Almost a year. MS MAYA When you were in detention, what did they do to you? MR NXASANA I was beaten up in Mkhambathi. This is when I told them, I confronted them, they had beaten me up and they had broken my joints on my hands. MS MAYA Tell me more about Mkhambathi? MR NXASANA It was a forest. There were just tents there in the forest. MS MAYA Are you talking about tents? MR NXASANA Yes. I was beaten up in Mkhambathi. MS MAYA You said that there were just sails there. Are you talking about tents? MR NXASANA We were beaten up. They beat me up on my buttocks and my hand was injured. I would scream. MS MAYA I see that they would tie you up. MR NXASANA That is the vans. MS MAYA Would you like to add anything to your statement Sir? MR NXASANA I do not have more evidence, except the places I mentioned, where I was beaten up. MS MAYA How is your health. MR NXASANA I did not do anything. MS MAYA What I am trying to ask, are you well now? MR NXASANA Well, there is not much I can say. There was a court case and I was released. MS MAYA Do you have a request to the Commission? MR NXASANA Well I could have a request, because I was injured. I almost deaf, because I was electrocuted. MS MAYA Therefore, what request do you have? MR NXASANA I do not know what the Commission can do for me. I told you my state of affairs. MS MAYA Is that all? Is there something you would like to add? MR NXASANA I cannot hear you properly. I have finished, provided that you are going to do something for me. MS MAYA Thank you. I hand over to the Chairperson. MR NXASANA Thank you to all of you.