comrades

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

CHAIRPERSON: Mrs Mahlangu, I have a question to you to follow-up relating to the Putco bus. According to our research and some statements we have on that day, apparently, some 300 Putco buses were commandeered by the comrades to take them to the funeral of Jacob Skosana.

4. A witness of the Douglas Commission alleges a mutiny in 1977, which was suppressed by Mr Ronnie Kasrils "by giving orders to an East German trained platoon to lock the comrades up". Can problematic events involving dissatisfaction of cadres in 1977 be described? How was the matter dealt with?

They left and approximately an hour or two later went back and found him. They used pseudo names and posed as comrades who had been sent to collect him to transport him to exile where he would undergo military training. He agreed to accompany them.

MR MATHEBE: My task was to drive like they already explained. That we identified that place at the T-junction as the ambush spot, so I dropped the comrades there and I went with the car and waited for them at a distance, not far away from that spot and then after that operation, I came back and ...

On the second or the third day he explained to me that he was here, he came to see me on a purpose, he wanted to send me out with two or three comrades to go and attack the farmers and he said my Task Force - I should choose two Africans from the Task Force who would go with me to attack. I ...

According to the Applicant, the deceased participated in the killing of ANC comrades and he was part of the group that killed the former SDU commander, George Skarmora Machel.  The deceased was accordingly a political opponent of the ANC in the township at the time.

... to prevent the abuse of the young. In so doing we may begin to redefine what it means to be a child in South Africa and open city gates to their comrades who then took the city. This tale from antiquity has some similarities with our experiences. ...

A meeting was held by ANC comrades to discuss the problem. The Applicant chaired the meeting and it was resolved that the deceased and his compatriots should be killed because they were making life unbearable for ANC supporters. They were also making it difficult for the Applicant and other ANC ...

"We were youths who were calling themselves comrades although we were not affiliated to any political party. Our main aim was to discipline people who were committing crimes".

... and brought him to the place where Maake and Makupe were being held. he was similarly interrogated but for a much longer time than his other two comrades allegedly because he was very brave and withstood torture more than his other colleagues. ...

REVD FINCA: Mothers and comrades, we thank you for coming to share this with us. This event which I am sure will never be forgotten.

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.

MR NYOKA: And how would you describe your relations with Mr du Plessis at the time? Were you comrades, if you can pardon me using that term, were you comradely in your relations? Or let me put it in a manner that you will understand, were you friendly?

order to these four comrades they attack Mr Fourie's farm?

ADV BOOYENS: Then it deals with who were his political comrades, is that correct?

MR MATJILA: They said they don't want people, they wanted only family members to attend the night vigils not the community members. We forced matters because Jingles was one of our comrades.

REVD XUNDU: Didn't you get any information from the comrades and his friends?

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 ...