comrades

we met Mr Bhani in Wesselsbron. He said to me I should drive the car and take all those who were taking part to town. I did that, I took my fellow comrades to town in Wesselsbron. When we arrived I stopped the car in front of the supermarket and they entered the supermarket, then they ...

MR NOBADULA: We were a group of students in 1977 and we were watching and guarding the police who used to raid our township. We called ourselves as if we (indistinct) and then we changed the name because some of our comrades were being arrested and then we changed our name to Amaxwabani.

... day. The day of the funeral there were a lot of policemen with landrovers and dogs. They were full inside the yard and outside and then the Comrades took the coffin. ...

We waited for the funeral day, praying and soldiers used to come while we were still praying and the comrades used to come to my house to pray and the soldiers used to go there every time.

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 ...

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 ...

ADV SANDI: Yes but you don't know if Mr Hansel did in fact telephone the police to say that comrades have a meeting, you don't know that as a matter of fact, you just believe it?

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 ...

MR DE KOCK: Yes Chairperson, they were used as witnesses against some of their former comrades. It was usually referred to them as Mr X with regard to the press but the Defence would know who Mr X is, because the client would tell them.

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.

"... 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."

"... 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, ...

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.

... 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 ...

... is a known fact and for example I'm referring to Hammersdale people, they killed their own biological fathers because they were proving to their comrades how loyal they were and how convicted they ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...