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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.

MR MLABA: On arrival, I greeted this person and he greeted us back. I told him that today he has no chance, it was his last day, because his comrades were not around.

MR MOHLABA: And during the time of - at the moment of this attack or during that period, you were heading this unit consisting of yourself and the other two comrades, is that correct?

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

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.

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 ...

MRS NTHOROANE: No, Sir. Because during that time the comrades were just singing at that time when they were beaten. They were singing on the streets.

... son Jackie. Since then till I was detained on the 5th of May in 1986 and released in August 1989 I stayed in detention over that period with many comrades including Jerry Morakela who stays in Hospital ...

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 ...

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

system, and when I infiltrated inside the country, I investigated that and discovered that it is true. It became worse immediately after one of our comrades were killed by the State Security Council Police, with the name of Dobe Makakhula and all the implications led to them being sold out by ...

MR OOSTHUIZEN: Yes, and there was also a concern about the fact that this person had not yet pointed out anybody, taken out any of his comrades. I think what exacerbated the whole thing was that the information indicated that his cohorts were to become involved in the killing of Policemen.

CHAIRPERSON: So you didn't have any possibility of shooting one of your comrades on the other side of the vehicle for instance?

... he states that Col de Kock also had information with regard to police actions and the members who were involved, which Brian may have given to his comrades, which could have led to the death of police officers. In other words, that police officers had already died as a result of such ...

know what other people are doing. Intelligence, I would submit, is not just to know what the enemy is doing, Intelligence is also to know what your comrades are doing. You must coordinate all that ...

ADV BIZOS: Did he have a drinking problem even whilst you were comrades in arms in Koevoet?

... be defined by the Conference decision and National Executive decisions of the ANC. In the context of that, as developments went on, individual comrades in the ANC would have different views about the way forward. Siphiwe Nyanda, who was my Deputy Commander, had the view which he developed ...

MS THUNYISWA: We were the comrades and we were school children by that time. We were trying to attend Steve Biko's funeral who passed away on the 13th of September. On the 17th we planned to go to Queenstown, where one of my teachers told us there was a roadblock held at Mafikeng, so we must use ...

MR MAHUMAPELO: I wouldn't explain further, because other comrades have explained. We had water shortage and we were fetching water from the Indian centre and other areas nearby in our area.

MRS BALOYI: Stanley was not a thief, he was a Comrade and they did arrest him at once and send him to jail. Whilst we were still wondering why he told us that he was bailed out by the Comrades and he had been discharged. He did not tell us anything about his whereabouts.