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CasspirExplanation ... things were happening some of the police were just standing outside the hostel. At the time of the explosion some of those police ran into their Casspir, some ran together with me to hide behind the office which I just explained ... come in. At that time there were some Hippos coming in because there was the Sybil's house had been burnt down and the creche, maybe that's why the Casspir in. They saw in, then they ran away. But I didn't trust that they had all gone. ... MR MNYANDU: On of those policemen called Vusi and said he should tell his friends to disperse in five minutes. At that time Vusi stood on top of the Casspir and said "Comrades, these boers say you must disperse now". I and other comrades were shocked as to how our comrade can afford to do ... sharp war on the border or being prepared and willing and available to act against fellow South Africans in the townships, for instance sitting on a casspir and throwing missiles or whatever else at their fellow South Africans, then one must at least try and understand it in terms of the ... ... time we knew that those people who were called ...(indistinct), they were members of the IFP. Unfortunately at that time the police arrived in a Casspir, together with the soldiers. That is how Johannes escaped, that is why he's still alive, even ... CHAIRPERSON: When you went to this house that night, you said there were about ten of you. Did you go in a number of vehicle, a Casspir? All that I heard when I came home, the people told me that the Casspir came down Eisleben Road. And down Westpoort Avenue and it turned left at the robots, and then somebody jumped out, ran up and then from the house they shot over the vibracrete wall into the school grounds. ADV VISSER: In other words, not from the direction where the casspir was, but from another direction? When was this, what time was it when you were knocked by a Casspir? --- It was at 2:00 p.m. ... you know for the first time being in the bush, you know, you come across a serious fight. So Strongman was able to take out the MGM from the Casspir, you know, from the Hippo and jump outside and fire effectively up to ...(indistinct) where he could stabilise the enemy and Mr Coetzee, when ... ... corrugated iron to the site where we were about to build. I was not aware that Hippos were approaching us, four in number, and four bakkies and one Casspir. This girl dropped the corrugated iron and she fled. I decided to stand ... ... I realised that I took my knife and Thozamele also had his knife. I stabbed him and he turned and he ran away and I also ran away. I saw a police casspir outside. I was lying in the graveyard because the people were pursuing me. When the police van left I went home and when I arrived home I ... ... in that plot where you couldn't run away? --- No, I was on my way to the shop and lots of people were singing and toi-toiing in the street and the casspir was following them. Then they said the people had to disperse. They did not disperse and they started shooting teargas. I ran away last of ... MR FOURIE: After the shooting, I did hear a discussion at the scene, but as far as I can remember those words were uttered after the Casspir vehicle arrived at the scene. I heard a discussion or the words, although I did not see it, but somebody did say that at the scene. ... unit was involved on that morning and identifies one particular policeman, that he recognises. That he actually went after that unit, stopped the Casspir and nothing was ... ... at that stage. I went to see them and we made use of their facilities because early morning, before the light of day, we would drive with the Casspir to the bush which was next to the road where we disembarked and went into the bush, where we would be picked up again in the ... MR DE KOCK: Yes, Chairperson, it could be used for a tank or a Casspir, or to fire at police buildings or fuel storage points. I just wish to make an amendment, next to the RPG7 launcher, I stated that this was three times primary charge, it's actually secondary charge. On the 16th of June they arrested me in terms of the State of Emergency, they hit me with the [indistinct] of the gun in order to me into the Casspir. I was sentenced to nine months imprisonment. ... a barrage of bullets from the direction of the cross-roads junction from a car that was on the other side, the one that I thought it was a police casspir and they were shooting towards our car therefore it was difficult for us to go back to our own car. We ran and we jumped this high fence, ... MR MODISE: In the evening, we went on board a casspir and we drove towards the border. |