hrvtrans HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SUBMISSIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1997-03-25 LUSIKISIKI 2 LUSIKISIKI CETYIWE ELEANOR PIKA https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=55581&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/hrvtrans/lusiki/pika.htm ADV SANDI We will proceed to the lady next to Mr Jali. Your full names madam please. MS PIKA My name is Eleanor Pika. CETYIWE ELEANOR PIKA (sworn states) ADV SANDI Who are you going to talk about? MS PIKA I am going to talk about my husband, April Pika. ADV SANDI Will you briefly tell us what happened to your husband? MS PIKA The boers came, took him, beat him up, kicked him, threw him on the floor. They threw him into a police van and took him to town. He was detained for two days in town and then he came back. He was terribly injured. ADV SANDI Exactly how was he injured? MS PIKA He got injured when they were beating him up. ADV SANDI According to your statement Mrs Pika you say that they used the back of the gun to beat him up. MS PIKA You say that they were using guns, they would kick him with their boots, slap him on the face, throw him on the floor. That ill-treatment caused his illness. On his release he was never able to do anything constructive again until he passed away. ADV SANDI Which year was it? MS PIKA If I am not mistaken he passed away in 1985, according to the documents here. ADV SANDI You speak about a child with epileptic fits. Whose child is that? MS PIKA It is my child. ADV SANDI Do you remember what you said about this child? MS PIKA I remember you spoke about this child. ADV SANDI Could you repeat please. What did you say about the child. According to your statement you said your child should be given a sickness grant. Is there something else you would like to say, madam? Maybe you have something to say. MS PIKA No. ADV SANDI Thank you madam.