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comradesExplanation Showing 641 to 660 of 1000 First Page•Previous Page 29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 Next Page•Last PageCHAIRPERSON: 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 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? it may, Mr Mkhanela was again identified on the 16th March 1994 at the corner of Roets Drive and Moagi Street in Vosloorus by the applicants and his comrades when they were returning from a rally. It was then decided that they should kill Mr Mkhanela and then they devised a plan to detract the ... was unaware of any attack upon Sikhakhane's relatives. He was not a member of any political organisation at the time and did not associate with the comrades. He was a member of the trade union, which was affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions ("Cosatu"), at the cement factory ... It was part of the plan that any firearms found there would;d be taken for use by comrades. At that stage there was already a number of Umkhonto weSizwe ("MK"), the military wing of the ANC, infiltrated into the area. the MK members trained the Applicant and some of the AYC members. On the day ... The deceased was attacked by, amongst others, the two applicants. That night the applicants together with their other comrades, decided to visit some taverns to, as they put it, disarm people they regarded as enemies of the ANC. Their first victim was the second applicant. The latter was at the ... ... 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 ... ... have victims, people who died in the struggle and eventual reconciliation can only come about if these people are also honoured together with the comrades who were honoured by means of a play ... ... Hashe, that conversation was intercepted by Nieuwoudt who was monitoring his movements and activities. The PE Group then lured Hashe and his two comrades to the Port Elizabeth airport under the impression that they were to meet an official from the British Embassy. ... it was organised by the Civic and after that when they went there. So my younger brother was visiting there the aunt. Unfortunately, he joined the Comrades as usual. Then after a few days we heard from the aunt that the boy did not return. So we had a problem. After that we went looking for ... ... duties by investigating these crimes and hence at that stage they were involved in the investigation of all crime, whether it was committed by the comrades or Piet Ntuli and Mbokoto. All crime was investigated by them. MOUTSE HEARING ... came to meet us is Mhlambo. On his arrival he came, it was about in November when he was already buried, our son, he came at a time when one of our comrades Chris Hani had died. Then he passed by our house just to pass and convey sympathies to us saying that he knew this child, he underwent ... And do you have any idea why they attacked you and your family and burnt your house down? --- They were saying my children were comrades and the whole family was ANC. ... own disciplinary code where they enforced their will by intimidation and fear - those found buying goods from white-owned shops were forced by the comrades to eat their soap powder or drink their cooking oil. One of the most feared methods of intimidation was the so-called people's courts and ... I didn’t see any policemen, any comrades, there was nothing about my child. If this woman was not here to tell me where my child was, I would still be not aware of what happened with my child. ... 1986, it was about 8 o'clock, it was on a Friday, a group of boys came to my house singing and they were saying, "Come on soldier, join, join the comrades", and they asked," Where's Mandhla, where's Debry?" And I went outside and said, "Who are you, when you say you are soldiers." I said to ... ... clutches of the security police and the hand of a child, the photo of a hand of a child, is shown to you and you are told that is your child, your comrades were running away from us and we killed your ... MR MANDLAKOMO: Actually our comrades were being harassed by askaris and hit squads from the South African Government and we were to counter that. When I tried to tell my mother that she must know that I'm being arrested, the Whites took me to the hippo. They said I must lie there because some of the comrades were already there. Gantwani then said let us wait for this people to pass. We then did, but they didn't pass, they came to us and they greeted us. They addressed us as comrades. |