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comradesExplanation At the time though, we were always fleeing them, because the ANC people would not suffer attacks. I and other people, who were well versed in politics, we were - I and other comrades in the IFP, who were well versed in politics, did not regard the ANC as an enemy. had to go to the Slovo section to offer our assistance and we discovered that the gunfire was going on. I had my AK with me and we joined the other comrades and we shot at the other members of the SPU, until such time as the Internal Stability Unit was there or called to the ... ADV PRIOR: Well certainly Dolo on the evidence occupies a far stronger position and a far more responsible position than his comrades, I mean he was in charge of the operation. He could tell them where to go, he could tell them to withdraw or not, to shoot or not. And in fact because we don't ... "Insofar as it was suggested that Mr X said that Simelane was murdered by us, it is untrue. It is my conviction that she was killed by her own MK comrades. And I am informed that in the ANC's submission to the TRC, they admitted that they had killed some of their own members. Several murders and ... MR MAJUJA: Because I put it to you that Sergeant Makhudu in most cases, he was the one who was tipping comrades about the pending arrests. 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. 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? ... 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. MS THUNYISWA: We were the comrades and we were school children by that time. We were trying to attend Steve Biko's funeral who passed away on the 13th of September. On the 17th we planned to go to Queenstown, where one of my teachers told us there was a roadblock held at Mafikeng, so we must use ... MRS BALOYI: Stanley was not a thief, he was a Comrade and they did arrest him at once and send him to jail. Whilst we were still wondering why he told us that he was bailed out by the Comrades and he had been discharged. He did not tell us anything about his whereabouts. 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. 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. 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 ... ... They stop and I started running again. And we ran until we entered a farm, a white man's farm. When we arrived there Sdiga was stabbed by the comrades and he had been stitched on his stomach. As we were running and then I shot the last one. The police in Davel has already noticed this and ... ... basis for the arrest of the victims and you had indicated that according to your source some of the, after Mr Reverend Mahamba was visited by these comrades and the rest of the people had conveyed those people to the scene of the attack. What was the source of information that you relied ... ... this particular operation. The one reason is that during my release or just after my release in 1986 from Robben Island, together with a number of comrades, we made attempts to open accounts at the Nedbank. Our attempts were turned down, our applications were turned down on the grounds of ... MS MBIXANA: That is the base for the comrades. Then in this house, that belonged to this lady, I asked about Mpimpi, and he said, oh, please whisper, don't talk loudly about it because it is long that Mpimpi died. Then I said, then how can I get his body, and I asked who the murderers were. Then ... |