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MR BERGER: As far as the operation which we now know was aimed at the Why Not bar, were you present when comrade Robert and comrade - and the other comrades, not comrade Gordon, because he wasn't there, when comrade Robert was given the material, when the material was packed into his vehicle?

ADV BOOYENS: Okay. But, so by then you already were fed up with your so-called comrades in Botswana?

MR PHATLANE: No. The Comrades use to march almost every day. We would only see them marching and not know what the reasons for the march were.

... they said this is the place and the other one said no, the boy is not here any more and my neighbour said to me listen my friend these are not the comrades, these are the members of Mbokoto, please try to hide and I slowly moved into the house. I didn't know these were members of Mbokoto ...

MR BERGER: And the reason you say you could have been mistaken in 1996, is because others of your comrades dispute what you say.

... they said, they told me that they will see what they can do - the same night. Then they started with mass action, something like a night vigil as comrades. ...

... police van. And they knew that anyone who was using that route was their enemy. They used to call us criminals, com-tsotsi, meaning criminal Comrades. Before I arrived there there's a place where there's no grass. I can't actually put everyone in picture as to what happened, because ...

... They should take the three of them, put them at the borders, shoot them and leave them there. And then the community will think that their own comrades have killed them. ...

On the first of October there was a funeral of one of the comrades at Mavimbele, a section behind our section. When he left home it was about eight and he asked me not to lock as he would come back to sleep at home.

MR NYAWUZA: So family members of - are you saying family members of Mr Dlamini, or fellow comrades of Mr Dlamini?

MR OLIPHANT: I was further assaulted. They were not asking me, they were actually telling me the evidence that they heard from the other comrades. They said I was responsible for many activities around the country and I disputed that information.

... school was this, but there was blood all over the walls in this school. They said that I was going to tell them the truth, because I was keeping Comrades at home and I was a Magistrate in the township. I was sentencing the people who were ...

I ran and escaped and got to the location and explained to my comrades that I had run away so they arranged that I should go to Mossel Bay. So I did go there and I was there for two days - on the third day there is a road there where I could hike to Groot Brak, so - but I could not hike because ...

... In a written statement dated 22nd April 1997 the 1st Applicant stated the following, "From thereafter we gathered. The day before I and other comrades went to Kotelo's house. We found his wife (Monica) and said to her we want to see Kotelo and she respond to us that you wouldn't see him ...

Eventually they said I must go make a statement. They took me into a cell, I slept. I told the other comrades, the accused, exactly what happened to me.

There was a tough guy by the name of Simon who came and greeted us and lifted his feet calling us comrades, there was no response. Then they asked where was this boy with the T-shirt, then I lifted my hand up , then he came into the room and searched everything. Unfortunately he got some writing ...

... the areas, up to the Civic Association and it was confirmed that these people were involved in harassing our people, bombing our houses and other comrades' houses, and it was confirmed beyond reasonable ...

CHAIRPERSON: And your other comrades?

ADV SANDI: Sorry, can you just explain something here, Mr Nkwanyana. When you heard that the deceased and Mr Sibiya had been attacked, did you agree with that? Did you feel that your comrades had done the correct thing?

... here. And they said there is a meeting at Mr Ngwenya's place. I don't know what is the meeting all about. And they said it is a meeting for the comrades. I don't know what is it for. And then he said - and then they said did they take my father to go to the meeting and this boy jumped the ...