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ADV DE JAGER: Did he give some of the plastic bags with coins to the other comrades to keep with them?

... took him to the police station. He was a joke, all the boers were laughing at him and asking, why didn't he protect himself and where the other comrades were, why didn't they protect him? All the people were there who were shot and Vus was put on the ground and he was not covered. The Boers ...

... He believed that a detainee would only have been released if he had agreed to be a police informer and work for the police against his (former) comrades. He concluded that the deceased must have sold out. ...

DR RANDERA: I want to come back to this incident about the principal and the school. It seems like the youth or the comrades actually targeted schools at that time. Is that right?

Indeed I was taken to Mr Mbongwane's house. It was said to be his second wife, which I didn't know. Then I spent that night there. I had supper, comrades who knew me came in. Some gentlemen and some ladies who knew me came and we chatted. I had a nice sleep there.

... in that area, draw up the list - because you had one name, that was Congress Mtweni, you had one name who could actually identify his other fellow comrades and the identification, with the help of Nkala and Joe Mamasela this is where this list actually originated from and thereby the plan ...

MR DLAMINI: I have three children who were comrades. They were always on the alert because they were ANC members. At that time any ANC Comrade was to be killed.

MR NTSHETHA: He was head of the comrades, because when there was a shortage of firearms, he had a way of distributing these as well as ammunition. We were in the position to gather funds and I would take the money to Osindisweni to go and fetch these. I would go and fetch these firearms, using ...

CHAIRPERSON: Now how did you establish that he had been killed by your comrades?

MS MTANGA: Did you associate with any people who were then regarded as comrades, that is in 1989?

MR SHANGASE: I found Mrs Mbuyazi and she asked me as to how the situation was in Durban and how the comrades are in Durban, are they not¼(intervention)

... who were working as agents of the Security Forces. This belief was common to many around me including me, my family, other ANC officials and many comrades loyal to me. My belief that the police agents who were within the party were responsible, was reinforced by what seemed to me at the time ...

... he said no, I think I'll wait for a few friends of mine to arrive. Yes duly they all arrived. Both girls and boys came because they were all comrades and they prepared food before they could leave and after eating you know they decided to walk to Zone 7 because I was staying in HRV/820 ...

I had to go back to court. I was also charged together with some other comrades who were suspected of having burned the houses. However later they separated the case and there was a specific charge on me.

... was going to get into this sack and I said to them "No, you are not going to put me into any water, cold as it is", so they asked me "Who were your comrades?" There was a list of names and I was the first on this list followed by Tobula Busako and next was Lulamile Tonsi, there were others like, ...

... him with two firearms and a knife. He had no previous training in the use of firearms. Nzimande also gave him the authority to get two (2) other comrades to assist him to carry out the mission. Nzimande had identified the target. When he approached his accomplices they looked a bit ...

... the patrons were. This the applicant did. He removed the pin; threw the hand grenade into the room and closed the door. The applicant and his comrades all fled to Chris Ngwenya’s home. They heard the explosion as they were fleeing. The next day they heard that some people had been ...

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.

MS LOCKHAT: Do you know how many people were injured on that day besides your own comrades?

MR KOTA: I think she died five days after that. It was after comrades went to visit her and members of the organisation.