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comradesExplanation I went back to the stadium and I reported to my fellow Comrades what took place and they said that we are going to meet at seven o' clock after the rally where I should prepare a statement and then they will consult a lawyer. Seven o' clock I could not make it. I slept at home, because of the ... MR MTHEMBU: According to the Judgement in your case, it would appear that you and your other comrades first assembled in ...[indistinct] where apparently this attack on the Three Million was planned. What do you say about that? REV XUNDU: Are these comrades of Makaleni? MR KNOPP: Were they co-members or comrades of yours? ... night when I started giving out information to Benzien. It was that night - if I recall correctly, that I went to point out houses belonging to my comrades. ... That is when they told that my child had been taken away by the comrades and taken to a mortuary in a van. ... the caspar. I ran to ask why they shot him to which they replied that they did so because they thought he was a comrade. I asked them whether the comrades were labelled and they asked why he did attend the school the previous day. I replied that they should go to the school to find out whether ... friend was working in the mines and the house was empty, no-one was staying there, I stayed in that house and I made an area assessment before other comrades could arrive. After that, after I left Welkom, or after I left Wesselsbron, I went back to Welkom, because I told him that I didn't like ... MR ISMAIL: Well, by and large, comrades were told to resist answering questions, they were told that they would probably be beaten up, tortured, that at all times, they should think about the ANC and be loyal to the ANC and understand the political objectives. They had to understand that they ... am a trained soldier, I had a weapon, I had a responsibility as a member of the ANC to protect lives, first my own life and secondly the lives of my comrades and colleagues and thirdly, the building and those who were in it so I could not turn my back and run when I had that obligation and that ... MR MAHLANGU: I was responsible for taking her out of the car and then after that, I left her in the hands of comrades and I didn't do anything. MR HLONGWANE:: First of all, people cannot identify me. I can infiltrate the enemy and secondly, I can run faster. I look like a comrade. I also run faster than the rest of my comrades. Thirdly, I can jump the highest fences and I am also brave. MS SOLANI: On the 28 December 1989, it was in the morning, 6:15, comrades came to my house and knocked and they said to me that they wanted Vusumzi. He left with them, as parents we followed. When they were in front, they were next to the Galmen stores. There was teargas, there were police ... MR ARENDSE: Just for the record, this is the same person that has been referred to by your other comrades, Power, Mzala, Jones, is this one and the same person? Tifo who is our lawyer, comrade Paul Benjamin. These are our lawyers that work very close to us during the Apartheid time. Leon Levi is one of the comrades that have played a very important role in our ... You say you were requested by Mr Mpo Tseklo(?) to transport his fellow comrades. ... with my commander. We reached a decision that in Qwa Qwa we should do something because police are playing a major role in the killings of our comrades, we do something so that we should send the message to their masters and their bosses to tell them that what they are doing is not ... place. I was with my children and he requested that he was supposed to accompany him. I asked him who is asking him to accompany him. He said the Comrades want him to come along with him. I said I did not know where he is. This gentleman went out. As he went out he saw my husband coming and ... It would also be common cause that at the time of the applicant's actions, that the applicant, together with his other comrades, were actively involved in the liberation struggle for South Africa and their motive and their actions were based mainly on having freed and having liberated their ... In September the police arrived at about one am, but before they arrived I told my mother that I think, I've got a feeling that today something is going to happen, I think police are coming to arrest me, because other comrades had informed me that your name was on the list of the special branch. |