comrades

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

MS MTANGA: Did you associate with any people who were then regarded as comrades, that is in 1989?

MR ALLI: Is that as far as your authority went, that you could tell certain of the comrades that you would remain behind while the rest of us go ahead, is that all you could do?

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.

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.

Indeed I was taken to Mr Mbongwane's house. It was said to be his second wife, which I didn't know. Then I spent that night there. I had supper, comrades who knew me came in. Some gentlemen and some ladies who knew me came and we chatted. I had a nice sleep there.

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

MR SAMUEL: Now you described deaths of IFP people in the area, what did this do to you and other people psychologically, how did you feel when these deaths of your comrades occurred in the area?

MR MALAN: Was he one of the comrades, Dan Cele?

... had to be destroyed and it was also to make our areas more ungovernable and to bring the struggle closer to the people because we had lost a lot of comrades in the Bontheuwel area that were detained and we wanted to stay ...

a state of emergency and then the askaris were very active in road blocks, in patrolling with the Security Forces and then they were identifying our comrades and the possibility of being killed in a large number was there, so it was decided that to play it safe, myself and the late William Madisi ...

... was passed urging ministers to assist refugees and victims of repression by inter alia providing sanctuary or safe houses. I have assisted many comrades in finding safe houses and I cannot recall the specifics of each and every ...

However, with regard to the act of robbery of Mathonsi's firearm, we are not satisfied that this firearm was in fact removed from Mathonsi by the applicant or his comrades. Consquently, we

... police and call the police. We should tell them that there was a problem there. That was the problem because they did not want our children to be comrades and join the ...

... came to me, Majonie came to me alone. He said to me your husband has been taken by the boys, by the youth. I asked him which boys and he said the comrades took him away. I asked him where he is. He said they took him, they went with him to the bush. I asked him what did you do? They said to ...

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

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.

... He believed that a detainee would only have been released if he had agreed to be a police informer and work for the police against his (former) comrades. He concluded that the deceased must have sold out. ...

And then he continues with the request that the askari be brought to Vlakplaas, so that he could make contact with some of his former comrades and if he saw that they were cooperating nicely with the Security Branch, that could bring him to a different way of thinking and "he could then cooperate ...

ADV DE JAGER: Did he give some of the plastic bags with coins to the other comrades to keep with them?