comrades

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 ...

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

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.

... Atteridgeville. Can you just tell us, if you can, a little bit about what was happening in Atteridgeville at that time with police action against Comrades or against the youth? Could you just tell us a little about ...

MR NKOBESE: Thank you officials, parents, comrades and friends. I feel privileged that I should give this brief summary about the incident that occurred here in Uitenhage at the time of the shooting of the people in Langa. Firstly I would mention that it is of importance that we would see that ...

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.

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

... 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?

... 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 ...

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

during the morning of 29 June 1993 three girls reported to him that they were raped and gave the names of the perpetrators. He summoned some of his comrades and they went to seek the persons being accused. They found some of the perpetrators and took them to the sports-ground where the girls and ...

... Nonxuba had already told me that we had formed part of the unit and that we were to be sent to Cape Town and that he was going to bring the other comrades to join me. He, Nonxuba, had told me that we were to carry out three operations in Cape Town, namely to attack the Nyanga East Army base, ...

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

... 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 ...

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?

The Applicant was the only one arrested on the 13th December 1991 and during 1992 he was convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Whilst in prison he learnt that his comrades had died.

... Army ("APLA") who has since died. He was at first reluctant to submit an amnesty application, but was eventually persuaded to do so by his comrades. He recalls being escorted to the prison administration offices by a warder, Mr Gholotsa, to hand in the completed form which was handed to ...