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MR KOBESE: Thank you officials, parents, comrades and friends. I feel privileged that I should give this brief summary about the incident that occurred here in Uitenhage at the time of the shooting of the people in Langa. Firstly I would mention that it is of importance that we would see that the ...

... should be aware that the decision should be in writing and it would be done as soon as possible in respect of what it did and it goes for all your comrades as well. Mr Mbandazayo, we do reserve this one. You would be informed in due course just to be on the safe ...

... my underwear. They did not ask me anything. They did not ask me in which organisation I belonged to. We were assaulted together with other comrades. There was one comrade by the name of Kilyeta Nyomakazi, they wanted to shoot him. After that they put us in ...

Comrades and friends, that brings us to the end of the hearing here today. We were as you've heard me say several times today that we were expecting some people from Driefontein, for a number of reasons they're not able to come here today.

They could not find him. On Monday they went back again, they could not find him. On Tuesday they did find him in the mortuary. Here at home the comrades kept coming asking how things were going. When we tried to explain to them they were of assistance to us. They helped us about things that ...

MR LAMEY: Can you recall whether there was an interrogation with regard to the identities of these other comrades and with regard to the weapon caches?

... a robber and said no, no, no, he was committing lots of bank robberies in order to keep the police busy so that they wouldn't chase political - his comrades, that was his contribution to the struggle. So the circumstances must be taken not in isolation, it's not only this but it's coupled with ...

CHAIRPERSON: Was it possible at that time to know the conflict that was going on between the Mbcoto and the comrades? Do you think he knew about this and they started to follow him?

MR MOTSAMAI: It was the comrades, they were fighting against the high rent.

and the Conservative Party. To my colleagues at Beeld, who wanted to come here, I am tempted to say to them "julle is goeie kamerade" (you are good comrades), but it would probably be the wrong thing to say to them. I started my career at the Burger in 1973. I was a member of the first editorial ...

... trial he testified against them and they were convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment. The applicant states that he testified against his comrades because he was ordered by members of the SBs to do so. They recruited him to work for them. At the time he knew that his evidence was ...

DR RANDERA: Before you came to us, had you discussed events of that day with any of your comrades. Did you go to Ms Gasebue and told her about what happened or have you kept this to yourself all these years.

MR MANTHATA: On coming out of the hospital there was never a follow-up of what happened to some of your comrades and their families perhaps?

MS FALATI: The culture of the comrades, of (...indistinct) so that anybody who wants to come here is (...indistinct) before.

MR GWALA: The reason why I went to collect them was because they were my comrades who would always assist me when we went out to fight the IFP.

... there and these people were standing outside. We were arrested and we were charged for setting the bar alight and then we were left but my other comrades were sentenced for about 8 ...

MR HANI: The ambushing of the ordinary, you know, White kids and women along some of our highways is something that is not acceptable and I am saying to these Comrades here that every member of the ANC should be a combatant by these type of things, a fighter for peace.

MR MATHEBE: At that time, we received a message from the members of our community that there is somebody called Mishi who usually comes and abducts comrades. He was working in cahoots with the police and they explained or described him to us and then we decided that we should go and fetch him. ...

MR NDLAZI: I was not there. I was told that they were actually remembering their comrades who died before on that day. They were sort of remembering them.

... who refused to treat you because of the apartheid system. These names will come and they will be revealed to people. Sir, together with other Comrades, we do remember your struggle, your participation in the struggle. We thank you very ...