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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.

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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.

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.

a state of emergency and then the askaris were very active in road blocks, in patrolling with the Security Forces and then they were identifying our comrades and the possibility of being killed in a large number was there, so it was decided that to play it safe, myself and the late William Madisi ...

... had to be destroyed and it was also to make our areas more ungovernable and to bring the struggle closer to the people because we had lost a lot of comrades in the Bontheuwel area that were detained and we wanted to stay ...

MR MOTHIBE: I went to Shell House together with some comrades, we were five in number. When we arrived at Shell House, we were supposed to inform Zakes, but we did not find him there. We found Jackie Selebe, now the Commissioner of the Police and we informed Jackie about the situation. Comrade ...

... day there were threats which I received from the other organisation. They said I could be targeted. On the 30th April, the same year, there were comrades, a large group of them who came to my place. ...

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?

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)

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 SOKO: Some of the comrades were making utterances that they were going to kill him. I think I was the one who assaulted him.

The gang allegedly targeted ANC members and killed them or harassed them or inflicted injuries to them. The applicant and some of his comrades stayed in Gelukwaarts which was known as the new township of Maokeng. Sometime prior to the 30th of October 1992, the applicant was being sought by white ...

... of the attacks in 1988 it's been given here as evidence that there was turmoil in Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, there were soldiers in the township and comrades were like operating and involved in a lot of activities and you were a trained MK member and you were still not involved in any activities ...