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MR BRINK: Well perhaps I won't press this, I don't think he understands. What I reallywant to know is that had you known that the late Amy Biehl was a comrade ora supporter of the comrades would you have killed her?

... how did it come about that not the whole unit was involved in all the operations? In other words you were only involved in some and some of your comrades were involved in others without you being there, how did that come about that you weren't involved in all these operations? Did that depend ...

MR LAX: And then warn your comrades?

MR MORUPISI: Firstly, I thank the Committee for giving me this opportunity to state my case about what I've done together with my comrades. We were compelled by the situation. I'm directing this mainly to the families of the deceased and together with their friends. We did not do a good thing ...

MR MABUZA: I used that R4 for quite a while, and it so happened on our way to the funeral of one of our comrades, we happened to be surrounded by soldiers, because we were shooting in the air for a gun salute, and after surrounding us, they opened only one exit through which all of us had to go.

MR LELEKI: I’d gone to look for a place to stay and as he was hoping other Comrades with accommodation ... so he’d just arrived from exile.

In Johannesburg we met our contact, Mr Topane Mswadi. He took us to a safe place at Orlando West, Pethene(?), where we stayed until the other two comrades we left at Bulawayo, arrived with arms.

... operated in the Mawudse area. There was a problem concerning the incorporation of Mawudse into the then KwaNdebele. My main task was to train the Comrades in the vicinity of Mawudse so that they could resist that incorporation into KwaNdebele. I became the Operational Commander in my unit at ...

"... of Vlakplaas were also present. During the interrogation Mabotha gave certain information on the identity of his comrades, where they could be and also where arms had been hidden. Later Mabotha was taken to the Soweto security office at Protea. Two teams of Vlakplaas were also present, ...

... the incident that occurred at Ngagi Street where they identified a member of the IFP in a photograph and that member was caught by some of his comrades, members of the SDU and who was ultimately shot at. That is the incident that occurred at Ngagi ...

... 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 ...

... These were the people that supported the government of apartheid. Our campaign unfortunately was successful here at home. This is because of our comrades were behind bars, some in exile. The state missionaries had inflicted fear on our people. Fear was instilled on their minds. ...

... by many others. After a long time I then heard, I was also feeling dizzy at the time and feeling very weak. I couldn't even stand. Then some comrades took me into a van that had taken all day injured people. Whilst I was there we were taking more people, even the dead bodies and I was ...

MR RICHARDSON: I told them and I said "comrades, I am Jerry Richardson, I am the coach for the Mandela United Football Club, Mrs Mandela told us to come and fetch you." They said nothing and they said if that is the instruction from Mrs Mandela, then it was fine for them to go and we left the ...

"... in the meantime the woman who lived at the house had become suspicious and asked to see the comrades again because she now had messages to give them. We then realised that she was going to become suspicious and could probably cause problems if she spoke about this incident. One of the ...

"Special Branch." Now this week the Commission has heard different versions of how policemen were attacked. In the one instance Mr Toka said his version was people that were an enemy or attacking ANC comrades' houses and then your version, or in your application you said:

... Union of Mineworkers as a regional organiser. I was also instrumental in establishing the structures in the Western Transvaal, together with other comrades, who formed a leadership in this Western Transvaal. People like Zakes Molekane, people like Thabo Sithole, people like Sylvia Benjamin, ...

... and myself and Max entered a yard of a certain townhouse. Whilst in the yard with Max I shot the police vehicle and it sped off. The other comrades were no longer around. Myself and Max threw Molotovs in this house whose yard we were, we thereafter retreated and I threw a grenade in ...

MR MNGONA: At the end of 1984 we were having a celebration as comrades, we were singing and walking through the townships and when we were in the village of Holland, at about eight o'clock, there were six policemen who were standing there.

As from there we ran off to the hospital - we arrived just in time before the visiting hours and the other comrades were also here. I couldn’t even wait in vain, I tried my way in, I forced my way inside, there were waiting for seven o’clock - I asked from another young woman with a pink uniform ...