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... 1993 whilst I was sitting at home in the dining room I heard men talking outside saying wake up men. Because there were patrols at that time, the comrades were patrolling, trying to protect us against ...

... gun sounds below. After killing these three we passed to another family and we find women, there was a woman and her children. I told the other comrades that they shouldn’t kill the women because they’ve already killed some and I was warning them that they shouldn’t kill them and therefore we ...

a week before the attack I was at the meeting which was addressed by Mkhize. All the residents complained to him that our people were killed by the comrades in Boipatong. We could not move around freely. We felt threatened. We wanted Mkhize to take a decision to act against the comrades. He ...

MR MAKHAYE: We shot him because we had seen him before, we had a chance earlier on or should I say before the violence itself, we were able to go to the township, we used to see him in the company of the ANC comrades. These were the comrades who were responsible for the dying of many IFP members.

He further told us that Nicos used to help comrades - that is now Motsamai, Mr Chairman. He used to help comrades at their funeral.

MR LOWIES: Is it correct that you could not return to your place of birth because you had problems with the comrades?

... ordeal that I experienced. In 1983, although I do not remember the date, I use to stay in Tembisa at the hostels. I moved with some of the Comrades from the hostel and we left for Alexandra during the mass funeral of 17 people who were killed. From Tembisa we struggled to leave for ...

... would come back from work - what was happening here is that it was difficult to even go to town, we would be attacked. We tried to lay charges but comrades were not allowed to lay charges. The police would say only the informers that could lay charges. The comrades could not lay charges - I ...

They welcomed me very warmly. They invited other comrades to welcome me as well. Amongst the comrades were Charles Zwane, Sonwabo and the others.

On arriving at Police Station, I was tortured severely. As I was there I was so surprised to see some of my fellow comrades. I remember there was comrade Bulwana and others. Some of them have left. When we were there a hole was dug and I was made to put my hands right there. I had a big cold ...

They are the men that said I am an informer. They are the ones that wanted me to be killed in Hanover. I thought they were comrades, I was working with them. I was worthy of trust at work together with them. The day I was attacked in Hanover, a man came towards me saying they have concluded ...

the City Council there are civilians, because they had their own security unit, which was I think involved at one stage in the operation against the comrades who retreated from doing the operation on a mobile, the Engen refinery. They were involved also in killing the comrades. So I can't say if ...

... asking for it because that is going to give us rebel in the forthcoming time" - I think the sense of that is that you'd be branded as rebels - "the comrades should all be searched after an operation, that is not because we undermine them but we need trustworthy comrades." You dictated that did ...

... like to tell us what happened on that day when you attended the meeting. --- There was a meeting at school. The comrades had called the meeting. We then went there. When we got there it was packed with people. Steven Mgezwa was called out to pray. He prayed. When he said amen there was ...

... who stayed in Daveyton they met them at Tembisa railway station, they dispersed them and they shot the one boy from Daveyton and killed him. The comrades brought him to my yard. My son was not there. They left this boy's body and the policemen arrived. We were now being guilty of taking ...

happening or what to do, then unfortunately I was working and I was in a struggle and myself and Tobikile Laauw were the ones leading Despatch under comrades such as Fikile Nkobese who was speaking here. I then hurried to ask my comrades in Uitenhage for help. They were also our brothers from ...

... and the magistrate couldn’t give me the body - couldn’t allow me to bury him on the weekend, they wanted me to bury him during the weekend. Comrades couldn’t allow me to bury him during the week, they wanted weekends. Policemen denied me the privilege to bury my son during the week - ...

In 1988 I got to know people like Sizwe and other comrades from Orlando West, as I staying in Orlando East, they were residing in Orlando West. It happened that in 1989 I joined the underground structures, MK structure. Sizwe was the Commander of the underground structures and I knew him as a ...

"Information also indicated that the targeted activist was already busy instigating residents after a comrades funeral which would take place a day or two after our operation and large scale revenge attacks would take place on houses of various policemen in Attridgeville. This information forced ...

MR BERGER: Did you not ask your comrades "what are you doing, why are you taking the stuff, why are you plundering", didn't you ask them?