hrvtrans 1 N VUSANI, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SUBMISSIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1996-08-27 UITENHAGE 2 NOZIPHO RINA VUSANI https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=56041&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/hrvtrans/uiten/vusani.htm CHAIRPERSON Our next witness is Nozipho Rina Vusani. NOZIPHO RINA VUSANI (sworn states) CHAIRPERSON How are you Nozipho? MS VUSANI I am fine. CHAIRPERSON In your statement you are going to talk about your brother Mgcineni Vusani who was shot on that particular day of the Langa Massacre, whose body was found after two weeks, after searching and searching since he left for the march to the funeral. Can you please explain to us how old was he. Was he at school or was he working. MS VUSANI He was working, he was not at school. He was the only pillar at home. My mother and father were not working. He was the only breadwinner. He was working. CHAIRPERSON He indicated that he can be a real breadwinner permanently. How did the whole thing affect you, his death? MS VUSANI It affected us most. During that time, my mother was not well, and she suffered from a stroke. My father was also affected. In 1985 December, he died. Both parents died, my father died in 1990. It is only me and my sister, there is no one who is working. UITENHAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE 2 N VUSANI CHAIRPERSON Was this Mgcineni the only brother? MS VUSANI No, we had other brothers, but he was the only one staying at home. The other brothers were staying outside. CHAIRPERSON Who is responsible for your mother's treatment? MS VUSANI She passed away in 1985. It was for the first time that she experienced this thing. We were from somewhere else, we had just relocated to Uitenhage. It was very bad, it was tense. It was the very first day that my brother had decided to go to a toyi toyi. Unfortunately he was attacked. CHAIRPERSON What is your request as a family? MS VUSANI Because there is nobody who is working now, I request that the Truth Commission do something, anything. CHAIRPERSON: In the Jubilee Hall, was there any money that you received? MS VUSANI Yes, we got R4 000. CHAIRPERSON Is there anything else that you would like to add in your statement? MS VUSANI I request that something should be done for us to help us because we are not working, we are unemployed. Thank you very much. CHAIRPERSON I am going to hand over and see if there are any other questions. Thank you very much. We are going to adjourn now for lunch and thereafter we are going to take the others who are still here from the family victims. COMMISSION ADJOURNS FOR LUNCH