comrades

MS NHLAYISI: So this person lived at your fellow comrades parental home, that Sibusiso Coka's house, is that correct?

"Members of the South African Defence Force and the MK are already working shoulder to shoulder as comrades in arms towards to the success of the South African National Defence Force, the past forgotten."

MR WILLS: Yes and he also involved you in his scheme to hide the fact of the arrest of these two comrades from the other police members. is that correct?

MS MKHIZE: It's made here, it's like you are in search for more information about people who lived closely to Vuyani. Did you ever hear from any of his fellow comrades in Lesotho after his funeral?

... 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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"

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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

... 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?

... 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 ...

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

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