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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 ...

... 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. ...

... side of the house. When I went to ask the others whether he arrived they said no, he didn't come back home. We started going around asking the comrades whether they had seen him and they said they haven't seen him. It was Saturday and on Sunday we tried to look for him. On Monday in the ...

... branch came they were informed I nearly committed suicide and then I was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison together with another few of my brothers. Comrades like Adonis, Christopher Rutledge, Com Q, Christopher Tinto and our health Minister, Ebrahim Rasool, we were all held together. I was only ...

Dolo testified that he and his comrades then stopped a Toyota bakkie which approached with two women occupants.  In fact there were four occupants in the vehicle.  He does not dispute that these were not White occupants.  They took possession of the bakkie by force and told the occupants that ...

Some of these new leaders claimed to be members of MK, and began a reign of terror. Under Ceba and his small band of comrades, the Polla Park Unit began launching random attacks against the police, passing motorists and former leaders of residents of the Polla Park. The most credible Polla ...

... and a theologian, my understanding of reconciliation is that it is pretty pricey, it has cost Jesus Christ his life, it has cost Leon and the other comrades their lives, but let me not dwell on that, let me go straight into how I remember Leon Lionel ...

saw lights on the road. Both sides they were lit, there was a crowd coming towards me. I was active at the time, I was a UDF comrade. We were all comrades in the township, but we were not enlightened. I thought that UDF members do not carry such ...

this incident. This was my son that I trusted, he was at St Bonavess School doing Std 9. I hope that I’ve told you what I wanted to tell you. The comrades came to assist me - even if they ran away at times, not staying with me for quite a long time but they came to help. I stayed like that and ...

However, it seems that the applicant is relying on the resolution at the meeting for the elimination of the deceased. According to his estimation he was accompanied by 200 ANC comrades in executing the order issued by Shezi and agreed to by everyone at the meeting.

CHAIRPERSON: And those other comrades of yours that didn't come too close, do you know who they were?

MR RILEY: I must assume that you were involved in discussions with your comrades in arms and committee members in the PAC and APLA, about the developed and the route that the country was taking at the time.

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.

This was my son that I trusted, he was at St Bonavess School doing Std 9. I hope that I’ve told you what I wanted to tell you. The comrades came to assist me - even if they ran away at times, not staying with me for quite a long time but they came to help. I stayed like that and the police van ...

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.

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?

She even said herself that even if we were to kill her, it would be suitable for a person in her position, because had been responsible for the death of many of our comrades.

... out of the house, broke through the back door and went to these vehicles. A Mercedes and two vans. I told them in the Mercedes (Boers) that the comrades were asleep. I was then to move down and immediately afterwards, break my bedroom window and dash to wait by the cars. I broke the window ...

... 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 ...

MRS NCHABELENG: Before the policeman came to fetch Peter, two men came to our house and they asked him to come with them and they said, comrades want to kill your wife. And then he answered and said it can't be comrades who would want to kill my wife. And we told the comrades that they shouldn't ...