Hippo

... the house that was burnt was Mr Pops’ house and on the very same night, the police came and they were together with the soldiers. They came in a Hippo. They came to arrest us. We were forcefully taken away. They didn’t even explain anything. They just put all of us on top of the Hippo. It ...

... I tried to crawl. I was looking around for Lawrence Zimu as to where he was hiding. Fortunately I located him. There was a police vehicle, the Hippo, the one we refer to as a Hippo. It was going that sound. They were taking the cattles. You see mine were taken on the 28th, now on the 29th ...

When I left the house I realised that they had many vans outside and there was also a big Hippo in which I found some of us and I also alighted that Hippo. And then we made jokes, asking one another, where are we being taken to? And then they took us to the cells. I found other people like ...

... come and help me. We dropped everything and went to help Mzayitani in the house. They were dragging him, they wanted him to be in the back of the hippo. Me and Michael stood again, fighting Mzayitani. They grabbed by his hair and they pulled all his hair from his head. They managed to - to ...

Policemen came in a hippo - and they said they wanted to ask us something so I asked them why they couldn’t ask us where we were and they said no they want us to go down. So they put us all into the hippo and we drove down to the police station and there they took out a list of names of people and ...

WITNESS: No, I did not. I only noticed that when I got out of the truck that the barracks has been burnt. They sent a hippo into my house. They put me into this hippo and the children were put into the trucks with goods.

... your face. They asked us where we were coming from and we told them and they said we were lying and that we would see. What helped us was that a hippo was coming in our direction and we were saved by the fact that they misunderstood this hippo to be saying that they should go. If that had not ...

... would - if they see us talking they would ask what we’re saying. I would say no we must talk because our mouths are not closed. Whiles there the hippo came and they took us into the hippo and because there was no man - no husband at home, I was the only one, so everything would be directed to ...

MS MORETI: It was because of a Hippo. The Hippo was also bringing into the house, that is why the house was destroyed.

... I think all of us at that time I would imagine, we were in the country. At that time when in Mamelodi a six year/eight year old run down with a Hippo, then in return the reports would be that no, he was stoning the, she will be run down to death by a Hippo armed vehicle, then the reports ...

MR DLAMINI: What I saw was a Hippo, but because I was not on the side of Bhumgame's home, I cannot say whether they were present or not, but according to Vuma, from those who were present, they said police were present.

And then he went away, then we kept the women company. then a hippo came, they took the Headmen to go and look for the people who had burnt the house down.

soldiers. Then we, they asked us as to where we were coming from and I didn't even want to hide, I said okay, we were looking for you. They didn't even wait for us, we were led to the hippo and we arrived at Njanani police station.

start manufacturing petrol bombs now and we decided now that when we see any Hippo or any police vehicle, we will fire at it.

amnesty application, he was instructed to go to the Caprivi strip to provide training to 200 Inkatha recruits who was being housed at a place called Hippo Base in the Caprivi strip and his job there was to train them inter alia in the use of Eastern Block weapons, rocket propelled grenades, hand-, ...

... when I got here - as we were coming through the gate we - then there were a lot of old cars - when I got home - as I walked inside, there was a Hippo driven by police that was driving past my house, but they threw tear gas into my house as they drove past. I did not sleep at home that night, ...

MR PINZI: The police presence was that they were moving up and down and they were doing nothing. They were there at seven up to eight, up till nine. Then by the time I slept the Hippo was no longer there.

... they brought along white soldiers asking me are these the people who shot your child? We said, we do not know because they shot from inside the Hippo. I do not remember the names of that person who, Meintjies, they referred to him as Meintjies and he said I shot in, I fired in the air. Then ...

couldn't touch the floor, and then he was thrown into the back of the hippo.

MS LERUTLA: What I remember is that I heard people talking about that it was the Mayor who told us that. I heard a voice from the Hippo saying that we have to disperse within five minutes.