comrades

there were many of us. I know the people who were leading me. When you joined the organisation you were not interested in knowing the names of the Comrades, but you just wanted to join the organisation so that we can get a membership card, but we use to hide these membership cards, but what ...

MR YALI: Yes I did. I went to the advisory offices which are just next to us, and the comrades informed me that there would be people from Suset(?) who would go and assist us. When I went there my efforts were futile.

MR MANDLAKOMO: Actually our comrades were being harassed by askaris and hit squads from the South African Government and we were to counter that.

MR BLEKI: I tried to get in touch with the comrades after the incident giving them all the details what happened. All I had received was their support.

Don’t worry. Let us say to both of you, as my comrades I’m saying to, we thank you. Because there are some people who always consider freedom as having just started in 1976 - for getting what your input too. What surprises is that most cases as you said you were not even active but you were ...

And after some time I met some comrades who asked where was my home. I don't know how I directed them and I lost consciousness and to regain it at my home. Then one of the neighbours took me to hospital and I was feeling very weak.

CHAIRPERSON: When people were arrested in Bedford, when you were arrested, sorry, in Bedford were there any Comrades who were arrested?

... stop shooting they stopped and left. Immediately thereafter the applicant was arrested by the police a short distance away from the house. His comrades managed to escape and he was the only participant in the attack who stood trial. Tragically, the victims and occupants of the attack were ...

MR MALAN: Do you know where your co-perpetrator, your comrades, where they are today?

... the back were, the electric wiring was burned, you didn't even see the chords. There was a very big hole that led to next door. We found people, comrades came back, we repaired and renovated our house. The electricity was fixed the very same day and Mr Fassi gave us a bed. I said, No Toby, can ...

When I arrived at home, there were comrades there trying to comfort my mother. We tried to find out what happened to him as he was taken by the police, we couldn't find anything.

MS SOOKA: And why do you think the comrades wanted to - why do you think they burned him?

... concerning Nonqulana. I felt bad when Ndlovu and Ngquza mountains were put before Nonqulana, because everything started at Nonqulana when the comrades were standing up against the tyrannical reign of the Government of the day. The heroes of Pondoland went to meet at Nonqulana, standing up ...

The comrades took us and they tried to remove the pellets, it is only three pellets now that are embedded in my body and after some time that affected me because I normally have sharp pains, I feel dizzy some times.

MR MAMASELA: I will say that's a blatant lie because most Askaris, they were used extensively to interrogate even their own comrades who were arrested to win their hearts. So I believe in a sense that we were the masters of interrogation, not the normal police interrogation of putting a sack and ...

MR TOKA: Just for the clarity of this Commission, I think on the first incident, he's referring to one of my comrades, Peter Maluleke, who was the actual person who was kidnapped during the day after leaving his house and when they kidnapped Peter Maluleke they were looking for this Bomber, that's ...

... called including the rent boycott. On the evening of 22 April 1986 Alex policemen sought their revenge and a group of them calling themselves new comrades or Ama Cabasa launched attacks on the community and ...

... I found that I have to answer what they would enquire from me about the car. They asked me of two names, I didn't know, they were the names of the comrades that I was with at the Stormberg Farm at that time and then I asked them whose names are those. They explained about the two names as they ...

MR BUHALI: It was later explained to me by some of our comrades as to what is the purpose exactly of the TRC and I received a letter from Cape Town that I should give further details.

... Nonxuba had already told me that we had formed part of the unit and that we were to be sent to Cape Town and that he was going to bring the other comrades to join me. He, Nonxuba, had told me that we were to carry out three operations in Cape Town, namely to attack the Nyanga East Army base, ...