Hippo

W RUBUSHE: In 1985, it was early in the morning, I remember it was on a Tuesday, I was coming from the toilet. When I was nearer to the house, I saw a hippo, a casper which was at a distance.

The following day at about five o'clock, I was on my way to the shop to buy paraffin. As I was walking in a passage going back home, I saw a hippo from afar, but I couldn't see who the policemen were who were driving this

up later whilst the soldiers were already full in the house. When the neighbours tried to come in they refused them entry and they had parked their Hippos at the corner of the street so that no one could see them. They took these children and they claimed that they had to go to the hospital. ...

... minutes, they still assaulting me. I did not have any power left. Some of them picked me up by my hands and by my feet and they threwme into the Hippo. ...

... We were driving back to the location and you can see that - as you entered the township you could see that there were so many police vans and big hippos and then I had to alight from the car, I was suppose to get inside the hippo again and you could see that there were a lot of soldiers around. ...

thought to go in this Red Cross car. I got into this vehicle. We went right in the middle of the crowd. When we got there we realised there was a hippo which was followed by some of the Comrades. There was throwing off stones and there was shooting at the same time. I did not like this at ...

MS KEKANA: On Monday the 15th of July 1985, there was chaos in the township of Graaf Reinet, there were camouflaged hippos before mid day that day and they were shooting tear gas all over the place so that people scattered, others running to the houses. I was also inside the house but my shop is ...

... That was on the night vigil of Mr Chris Hani. We quickly ran to the place and things were just mixed up. On my way to that house I saw a Hippo parking outside. People were also gathered. I got into the house, I saw people lying on the floor. It was two children, one sister and ...

M TYOBEKA: I was coming from a funeral, my grandfather's funeral and I was moving down the street. I saw a hippo next to the Methodist Church.

My mother sent me to the café at the bar and I went to this café and I bought everything I was supposed to buy. I got out of the café. I got out of the gate and I crossed the street. As I was walking towards the direction where the clinic was, a Hippo approached.

MT MBEWANA: I'll start from the beginning like this. In 1985, we were still using busses. After work we were told by the driver of the bus, that the bus is not going to get in Duncan Village because there are hippo's who are shooting people who are shooting people, even the bus could be shot at.

at the time we were burning, there was one child who pulled the burglar door and we saw a hippo parked

was looking at Maduna, I saw a hippo that was driving

... out and told one another that they couldn't find anything. While they had put me down outside on the door, there were others who came there from a Hippo that had been parked outside in the street. There was a plastic that's usually used for garbage or rubbish. They put it over my head and they ...

Nagope and Nagope said to me I have brought the ANC to Mabopane. He took me from my home in 1990 and sent me to jail and they would fetch me with a Hippo from my yard. I was very scared by then. I did not know whether I was going to be killed or not and they hit me with a gun butt on the head, ...

... to do ? Then I think I made a mistake by doing that. Four police vans arrived at the gate. They didn’t want to hear anything. My son was in the hippo, the second one ran away. When they arrived, they said, the boy who was here, where is he ? Then I told them that he has run away whilst you ...

In July 1985, there was a violence in our community. I was accused of burning the Hippo with a petrol bomb. They came to fetch me in my house while I was sleeping. The police came into the house and tear gassed everyone inside the house. They tear gassed and the main house and in the back ...

I just moved like a pedestrian and I came across a hippo, and those police realised that I was really frightened by them and then they came to me - "Comrade, get into the hippo". They wanted us to jump up onto the hippo and that was impossible and I said to them - I can't do that and I haven't ...

... He was at that time 15 years. Where he was, it was at the back opposite of our yard. I heard the gunshots. They shot multiple times. Then the Hippo came to fetch me. Before I saw this Hippo at the gate then the policemen said they are warning me. That is when I left with them on foot. I ...

MR OBOSE: Why did you have to go with a Hippo to check Comm Nqoya?