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MR MASANGO: For Maputo, I think a month or two after my arrival there, I was tasked with gathering news for other comrades there, from the radio, from various radio stations. Then in the morning they will gather, I will read the news for them. I continued with that job of gathering news right ...

entry seeing that the doors were locked. I found a girl who was trying to jump out of the window, I apprehended her and I asked her where the other comrades were and she said she didn't know. I stabbed that instant and she fell. I opened the wardrobe ...

... He was the only person who shot anybody. He did not hear anyone ask them if they were Zulu but fired at people who were armed to protect his comrades. He later denied he heard any shots. When questioned further he denied taking part in the throwing out of the bodies as he was not fit ...

Do you still recall that in August 1963 Mzizi was arrested together with his other comrades? --- Yes, I was present at that time when they got arrested by the past regime. I was expectant at that time.

... son had disappeared, after a lot of accusations and counter accusations, confusion sown by the police, it appeared that what you had said to his comrades in Lesotho has been confirmed, by independent sources, namely that he had been kidnapped by the police. Did you have an opportunity to ...

... and I phoned me again and I tried to phone him and then a child answered the phone and I asked where Shimi was and then the child told me that the comrades were after ...

... own safety. Kebogile was shot and was killed and a certain young man by the surname of Mdoboke was also killed amidst of all that. A number of comrades were injured in ...

... to drive the taxis, IFP taxis. He was also an IFP member, and IFP members used to harass people. Because they also killed parents of one of our comrades, and even today we don’t even know who those people were, but we only know that they were IFP ...

"... we were instructed by a Mr Zulu who was the Head of IFP at Madala hostel, Vanderbijlpark, to destroy ANC comrades. He armed us with AK47's and pump guns."

After that we were taken to Zeerust, when we arrived in Zeerust - I was handcuffed with the other comrades, his name was Malungi [indistinct] Shonangwe from Mossel Bay but he was staying here in Worcester. We were blindfolded then with black clothes - policeman who were there with [indistinct] ...

... through his nose. We left ...(indistinct) Miss Kumalo. The police refused us entry to the hospital. We went to Heidelberg office and asked the Comrades there to accompany us to the hospital. When we got to the hospital they refused us entry. Tembi talked to them and they eventually allowed ...

MS NOVEMBER: On that night my main task was to help with security surveillance and also to accompany my comrades prior to the operation that night.

Two youths said they had been visiting from Site C when they were arrested, they also complained of hunger. The jailers were aggressive towards the prisoners. One said they wanted information from these comrades because four of their people had been killed in fighting up till then.

... 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 ...

He said when we were telling him about the burial of the, of our son he said he does not want Comrades and he is going to shoot any Comrade who is going to pass by his gate. Therefore, we had to bury our son at Ndaleni graveyard. This son I am talking about is my brother's son by the name of ...

MR KULMAN: We used that route as well, the route that he used, because there were other comrades with bases there.

MR ZWANE: No, I didn't have knowledge. I just knew that there was violence at Piet Retief as well, but I had no idea as to who was in charge of the comrades there. I didn't have all the necessary details.

What also saddened me with the KwaNdebele experience is that, as far as I know, no Comrades have asked for amnesty, despite the fact that there are many responsible for horrendous deeds. This is a tragedy. The ones I spoke to, of whom I know have done foul deeds, did not see the need to ask for ...

46. Mr Nosenga was the last applicant to testify. He testified that he had arrived at the hostel during 1991 after he had escaped from ANC comrades in the Sebokeng where he had been accused of burning down the garage of one Mr Nkutha. Upon arrival at the hostel, he joined the IFP. While at the ...

... trained people with ammunition on them, but I submit that his attack on the police, being a defensive attack, was solely intended to defend his comrades who were all together there, all of them went to this house for one reason, to hide from certain forces which were attacking or harassing ...