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comradesExplanation me to bury him the same week. The comrades and the activists were in my house. I was called together with my husband. The police came, they told us we must bury him immediately. We told them we are not going to do that because we have to tell our family members, we have to inform them about ... ... was actually an operation, it was called Operation Zero Zero, which the Security Police were responsible for. What it involved was giving to young Comrades, grenades that people pretended to be from the underground, from Umkhonto we Sizwe, giving these youths these hand grenades which were, ... ... together with the people who’s relatives disappeared in exile. Whether they were killed by the enemy, whether they were killed by their own Comrades, whether they were killed in the camps or whichever way they were killed, the ANC said they would help us to try and answer questions of ... MR MASHUMI: Here in PE there was a mayor in our area, his name was Qnala, his house was destroyed together with the other one of the police and then some comrades were identified and I was - some of us were pointed out and then I ran away because I was scared. ... in a van and we wanted to run away. He stopped us. He said you must tell my family at Makwassie that April has died and he has been killed by the ... it was organised by the Civic and after that when they went there. So my younger brother was visiting there the aunt. Unfortunately, he joined the Comrades as usual. Then after a few days we heard from the aunt that the boy did not return. So we had a problem. After that we went looking for ... came to meet us is Mhlambo. On his arrival he came, it was about in November when he was already buried, our son, he came at a time when one of our comrades Chris Hani had died. Then he passed by our house just to pass and convey sympathies to us saying that he knew this child, he underwent ... MR NGCOBO: There were some of our comrades from the Mpangalo, people such as Mr Bernard Mkhize. MR FRANCIS: And we also know that at that stage I think Winnie Mandela was being isolated by her own comrades, it was just shortly after the Stompie Sepei trial? MR MATHEBE: At that time, we received a message from the members of our community that there is somebody called Mishi who usually comes and abducts comrades. He was working in cahoots with the police and they explained or described him to us and then we decided that we should go and fetch him. ... ... should be aware that the decision should be in writing and it would be done as soon as possible in respect of what it did and it goes for all your comrades as well. Mr Mbandazayo, we do reserve this one. You would be informed in due course just to be on the safe ... ... because I was a student at that time and I was their informer and I was exposed as an informer and I could not stay in the areas where my fellow comrades would be aware of. The alternative was for them to hide me there at Mr Venter's house and I could understand their reason because I was ... MR NGCOBO: I gave them to the other comrades who did not have firearms so that we could protect ourselves. MR DUMAKUDE: For sure I took it upon myself. Somewhere in my document I've mentioned the three devices. This was partly to counter any eventuality. This was also explained to the comrades as the participant in this operation. ... own disciplinary code where they enforced their will by intimidation and fear - those found buying goods from white-owned shops were forced by the comrades to eat their soap powder or drink their cooking oil. One of the most feared methods of intimidation was the so-called people's courts and ... And do you have any idea why they attacked you and your family and burnt your house down? --- They were saying my children were comrades and the whole family was ANC. He also does not know the name of the farm but the attack was carried out by him, Kleintjie and Scorpion. He does not know the proper names of his comrades because they were all using code names. Kleintjie has since deceased and "Scorpion" was used as a code name by several APLA cadres. The ... ... efforts were made to turn him and it might well be that under pressure, he said "I would become an informer" and then promptly went back to his comrades and told them what was ... ... that had been used on him and the feat that had been instilled into him, he agreed to accompany them that night and point out houses of some of his ... 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 |