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HippoExplanation MS MAYA: Thank you Mr Chairperson. Mr Tule, you said in your statement that you saw a policeman by the name of Fouche standing on top of the hippo and he had a red flag and when he dropped it, the shooting started and that is when you were shot. Could you briefly explain to us what actually ... ... 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. ... 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. We had to protect our communities against these gangs. After this I waited round that area at a distance to observe what was happening. The police hippo van came and took the corpse away. Just after the police took the body away a crowd of people from Umthabega section came running. I suspect ... ... months they are changed, and then we also had a base in van Reenen, there's one in Tweefontein and there's one in Vaalbank, and they travelled with hippos, we didn't have hippos. I'm glad she asked the question, Kwandebele police never had a hippo. That was General Wandrag's people ... ... my friends to go and look around at what was happening, but we never got to arrive exactly where there was confusion. As we were still standing a hippo police car came by. When it came people were already running around, running away and they sprayed teargas. Just when I thought of taking ... And the other person said, no they burnt a Hippo whilst I was still with them. ... My aunt told me that they were sure because they had gone to where Molebatsi had died and when they got there he was not there any more because the Hippo had taken him. But what we got there was that there was blood, there was a pool of blood, that's why they say they were sure that he had been ... 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. (i) Military training for offensive action within kwaZulu-Natal given by applicant to a group of Inkatha Freedom Party members during or about the middle of 1986 at or near Hippo Base, Caprivi, Namibia. In the incidents described in the 13 affidavits, the police arrived in hippo's, they threw stones at young people in Sekhulu Street. When the children ran away, they were shot. Tsozi Skewiwa who was 15, was murdered by the police while trying to run away from them. MS MANGANYE: I would say in my opinion, that things might have started at the ground. I wasn't aware that this incident also occurred at the 15th houses because it's next to a river. I just saw the hippo standing on the open ground. have arrived at home they police came to my place with, on driving a Caspir, Hippo having a court order restricting the night vigil saying that only 50 people are allowed to attend the night vigil. They had manned some roadblocks throughout all the entrances of our community. Then again, the very ... ... reason why I say this is because once when he was playing golf, you took him. He was with other kids but you simply took this one and put him in a hippo. You took him to a police camp and on a second occasion you took my son from school. They took him into a police camp and they asked him what ... ... him outside and the police cars were surrounding the house and the police were in the house and, together with the soldiers. They put him in a Hippo and other, his siblings were also in that police ... group of youths and we were chanting freedom songs, but no stone-throwing was taking place. As we were chanting, after a few minutes I saw a police Hippo coming and they started firing. I am referring to the soldiers. We took different directions and people went to nearby places and I decided to ... ... if they could endeavour to get us a photograph of the casspir and perhaps just to complete the process, the "nyala", microwave, the suitcase and a hippo, yes. I don't think we would need the over-all's of the Green Beans. Yes, very ... ... theunrest situation throughout South Africa. At a certain stagein Atteridgeville, when I was still a very young constable, westill used the old Hippo vehicles, we came around a corner andthere were two vehicles parked next to the road. A group ofnot youth but children, and I doubt if any of ... |