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comradesExplanation The other comrades approached from the direction where his vehicle would drive off and the others approached from below the house. On hearing shots, some people whom we could not see, fired towards us. At the time I could not see Mr Mkhize because there were gunshots very close to where we were, ... ... town. Because informants were abundant in the government and the agents were constantly on the lookout for political groupings, our advice from comrades in Oudtshoorn was that we should not reflect any political affiliation in our youth organisation's constitution, but that such constitution ... MR MAMASELA: I will say that's a blatant lie because most Askaris, they were used extensively to interrogate even their own comrades who were arrested to win their hearts. So I believe in a sense that we were the masters of interrogation, not the normal police interrogation of putting a sack and ... The comrades took us and they tried to remove the pellets, it is only three pellets now that are embedded in my body and after some time that affected me because I normally have sharp pains, I feel dizzy some times. charge of the hospital then. Then he said to them no he doesn't have comrades here, he has got only patients there. He cannot allow that police - that people should come and arrest patients here before they can be released. All that was actually heard from the sisters who were working in that ... MR RAMAILA: As I'm in prison the very prison I'm based in is maximum prison. Now there I had never had an opportunity to meet with other comrades from Daveton, seeing as I'm from Daveton, that they could now fulfil every detail with regards to the membership. EXAMINATION BY MR NYAWUZA: Thank you Mr Chairman. Mr Sibanyoni, two of your comrades have already testified relating to an incident that happened on the 31st of July 1990. Probably in the beginning of 1994, Applicant and other comrades arranged with one Vincent, an arms dealer to buy two Bazooka rocket launchers and 16 rockets. He threatened to sell them to the IFP should they not wish to buy same. They received the weapons, undertaking to pay at a later ... ... the air whilst we were shooting. That is the scene imprinted in my memory. I saw some of the people falling, and they were dragged along by their comrades, or picked up by the others. We followed them, we ran after them, but Richard called us back and said that the flares were becoming ... 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 ... he was the one who, after everybody was convinced that the deceased was not at home, searched and found him hiding in a wardrobe; he then called his comrades and the assault started. With regard to the attempted murder, the applicant says he personally also stoned the ... MR MAZIBUKO: Well, the submission covers the training part, you see. When we were trained, we were trained inside the country, we were trained by comrades from Johannes Nkosi Unit which was the Regional Command Structure of MK. Comrade Ernest Sigasa was the Commander if that particular Unit. It ... MISS MKHIZE: Maybe if you try to remember the way in which you buried her, did the people, tell us about the people who came to the funeral. Was it attended by the fellow Comrades who were also involved in the march? MR MAKOGA: There were other comrades who were arrested in the, in the township. So they were released and people were happy for their release. ... of the leadership organisation and we should be treated in the way that he treated us. I am positive that it is, it was not only myself, but other Comrades as well. Secondly, I think the relationship between doctors and security forces at the time should be investigated, because our ... I also heard Comrades who were also with me, but they were arrested after me. They were in a place called [indistinct] it’s a place in a court where the jail people were use to be kept the prisioners were used to be kept when they are going to stand against. He said your co-accused are also in ... 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. ... separate cells, I was in the first cell, he was in the second cell and Chiba was at the end. We also subsequently learnt that there were two White comrades there, Leon Levy and Wolfie Kodesh(?) were in the White section. The way we were able to keep a bit sane was by - especially at night, was ... MRS RADEBE: They were the - Rangwane and Tabiso were the MK cadres and the others were just comrades from the ANC. 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. ... |