comrades

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 ...

the ANC was negotiating with the Zimbabwean government for exchange of prisoners. Myself, including Sharpeville 6 were on the list and three other comrades who were on death row with me, to be changed for the apartheid spies who were sent over to do sabotage in the neighbouring states, so that ...

"Teddy an ANC man came to my place. He told me that Leon and other comrades want to see me. I went to see them. They requested me to take them to Bloemfontein on Saturday"

... in a hood, not a hood but a blanket, a prison blanket over his head and it had eye holes. I immediately recognised who he was. It was one of our comrades, the one who was missing all along, because we didn't know where he was. Subsequently we came to know he was arrested. His name was Ian ...

... and that is why most members of the IFP don't like to co-operate with the TRC. That's why my brothers - I will call them my brothers, they are my comrades, that is why today they are denying everything, because they are scared they may be arrested. But I think if they were told that they still ...

... day they took me by car to Durban. In Durban one of the ANC workers took me to Chesterville one house. That is where I stayed with some other comrades and Sipho Motaung arrived at that particular place and we were taken. We were ten in number and three men who were ANC members came to take ...

MS MKHIZE: At the time when you buried your son, the people who came to comfort you, were they comrades?

I said that I live in this community and the comrades were there at the time. I am even referring to the organisations. The organisations, any one who was in the Councillors or whoever, can - no one came to tell me who had burnt my house, but my house was burnt.

MR MOPEDI: Why was it necessary for you with your comrades, to attack or to target Mr Sithole?

... the area and his vehicle used to travel back to Swanieville. The weapons and ammunition were handed to the ANCYL and were distributed amongst the comrades for use in defending the community of Swanieville against attacks. The vehicle of the deceased was set alight on the outskirts of ...

MR MTWALO: And said to them: 'Comrades, this is my boy, he resides right next to my house in Block D.

MR MOIKABI: I was a comrade for a long time in Kothlanong township. It is true that rumours was heard that Inkatha and the Russian gang were coming to attack the comrades.

the rest of your comrades travelled to a remote area outside of Port

... thanked me. I then stayed at home. At night while I was sleeping his family members came from Cradock. They said that they heard that there were Comrades who were killed. I was not sure whether Makhaya was one of these people, because I was not sure of what I heard. We saw this incident in ...

CHAIRPERSON: Mamma, was it normal in the - or usual - in the townships that when they picked you up they would pick old people up with young comrades, and that they would force them to undress or they would be embarrassed in front of younger people?

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.

under arrest and they did not allow me to enter my house or to see my wife and family. They shoved me on to one of the caspars, together with other comrades of mine and took me to the police station at Graaf ...

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

... policeman, law officers, were going to be sent into the townships with fire arms and sjamboks in the black townships in the struggle against the ...