comrades

... us your side of the story. Thank you. --- If I may ask, could we please just observe a moment of silence, of silent prayer for our two fallen comrades, Gideon Mahlongolwane and Xiswa Duba please. Thank you. I will start with the arrest on the 13th November 1985. I was on my way to work - ...

... furnished for that particular purpose.  Applicant escaped from the scene in the vehicle of his brother-in-law, George Bila.  One of the local comrades, Morena, accompanied Applicant on the mission but waited for him in the vehicle.  A few days after the incident Thwala came to ...

MR MQIBI: Comrades Sibusiso Afrika and other many guys because Phola Park were helping us. The only one that I remember was Sibusiso because I sent him to go and tell other comrades and he told other people from Phola Park as well.

just saw a muscle hanging, bleeding. I tried to get up yet again, but my leg would not allow me. I called out to the comrades to help me. As I was crying out another bullet was shot next to my head and I thought maybe I should just stay there. I cried out, four comrades came towards me running. ...

... buying from other businesses.  he wanted people to buy solely from his shop.  He was also informing the police about the activities of UDF comrades.  The Applicant also claims that on a certain day in or about 1990 he and other UDF comrades were travelling to Umzimkulu to deliver ...

On learning of the death of their comrades the applicant, Sibaya, Moloko, Seme, Shange and Cebekhulu (all co-members of MALAYO) decided to eliminate the deceased who they perceived to be the leader of the Mashaolin Gang. They firmly believed that this group was responsible for the murders of their ...

... as opposed to political. The Committee finds it not to be so. This could mean that an Applicant who responds to the political killing of his comrades would qualify for amnesty, but were those comrades his brothers or sisters, persons closely related to him he would not so be entitled. ...

MS MOJAPELO:: On the 26th February 1990, there were some boys who came home whilst Stanley was still sleeping, they were comrades. There were some comrades who were from Temba location, they woke Stanley up, and I wasn't at home right then. They invited him to go and fight against the ...

"We were youths who were calling themselves comrades although we were not affiliated to any political party. Our main aim was to discipline people who were committing crimes".

CHAIRPERSON: But these are the people who were your comrades for almost a year, for more than a year, you worked together closely as a unit, as an assault unit of APLA?

"He was not to recruit anybody pertinently. He came to me and said that he had been approached by the comrades element, the activists, to assist them with training abroad."

MR NCISHANE: A marshall would be responsible for checking the area and finding out what the situation looks like in the area. Thereafter we go back and report back to the other comrades.

... in Wentworth and generally in South Africa were suffering. There was either no education or very poor education, jobs were scarce. Many of the comrades in my area who suffered as I did, shared the same political perception and we generally met in Ogal Road on numerous occasions and held ...

MR SIBEKO: And you, with your comrades, got that information from Lucky Mampuru, who happened to have a co-operation or a working relationship with the members of the community of Everest, is that what you say?

... and brought him to the place where Maake and Makupe were being held. he was similarly interrogated but for a much longer time than his other two comrades allegedly because he was very brave and withstood torture more than his other colleagues. ...

... to prevent the abuse of the young. In so doing we may begin to redefine what it means to be a child in South Africa and open city gates to their comrades who then took the city. This tale from antiquity has some similarities with our experiences. ...

According to the Applicant, the deceased participated in the killing of ANC comrades and he was part of the group that killed the former SDU commander, George Skarmora Machel.  The deceased was accordingly a political opponent of the ANC in the township at the time.

A meeting was held by ANC comrades to discuss the problem. The Applicant chaired the meeting and it was resolved that the deceased and his compatriots should be killed because they were making life unbearable for ANC supporters. They were also making it difficult for the Applicant and other ANC ...

CHAIRPERSON: Mrs Mahlangu, I have a question to you to follow-up relating to the Putco bus. According to our research and some statements we have on that day, apparently, some 300 Putco buses were commandeered by the comrades to take them to the funeral of Jacob Skosana.

REVD FINCA: Mothers and comrades, we thank you for coming to share this with us. This event which I am sure will never be forgotten.