comrades

DR RANDERA: Before you came to us, had you discussed events of that day with any of your comrades. Did you go to Ms Gasebue and told her about what happened or have you kept this to yourself all these years.

CHAIRPERSON: You are talking here about 11 comrades who were arrested together with you maybe. Among them, did you know any, or did you know all of them?

The deceased was attacked by, amongst others, the two applicants. That night the applicants together with their other comrades, decided to visit some taverns to, as they put it, disarm people they regarded as enemies of the ANC. Their first victim was the second applicant. The latter was at the ...

... I was arrested for fraud and forgery at Barklays Bank. This case led to my detention and I was then sent to prison. While I was in detention, the comrades would come and visit me and wanted to know why I was involved in such cases. I said to them, it's because we wanted money since we were ...

... Station they were confronted by a member of the South African Police who demanded to search them. The Applicant shot the policeman and he and his comrades fled the scene. The policeman was injured in the shooting. The mine was never placed at ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

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.

Policemen in the building returned fire. The 1st Applicant and his two comrades then ran to the vehicle in which the 3rd Applicant was waiting for them. They got to the vehicle without incident and drove away.

After robbing Lesia of his vehicle Gqomfa and his comrades proceeded to the Mayaputhi – Sterkspruit Bridge. Mphahlele was in charge of the operation. He was armed with a .38 Spanish Revolver and they all took orders from him. The applicant was armed with a R5 automatic rifle, Ben a 9mm pistol ...

Comrades and friends. Thank you very very much, this last period and the people who have come forward has been a very difficult time for all of you as you have been sitting here and listening, and I'm not just talking about the discomfort you're feeling standing at the back or sitting on the ...

On 21 February 1993, there was an unrest situation in the township. At about 6am the applicant was summonsed by other "comrades" (fellow members or supporters of the ANCYL) to join a group which was searching for PAC weapons. He did so and they went to the house of a Mr Bigsana, number 1504. ...

Applicant knew Benjamin Langa as a comrade and as a political activist. He also knew where he lived. Xulu and Payi advised, the applicant that Benjamin Langa had been selling out comrades.

Comrades and friends, that brings us to the end of the hearing here today. We were as you've heard me say several times today that we were expecting some people from Driefontein, for a number of reasons they're not able to come here today.

MR MANTHATA: On coming out of the hospital there was never a follow-up of what happened to some of your comrades and their families perhaps?

if you were not part of the comrades culture.

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.

... 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 ...

... the argument put forward on behalf of the victims that the acts were committed to further the applicants' criminal activities. The two deceased comrades may well have been involved for political reasons, but the probabilities weigh in favour of a finding that the applicants involvement was ...

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.