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necklaceExplanation MR SAMUEL: It is far fetched Your Worship because we cannot find the necklace between the death of Bhekumuzi Zondi and the death of Mr Letsonyana, but be that as it may, I would still urge this Honourable Commission to consider the motive. It is quite clear that the applicant in this matter had ... And there were necklace murders. People had been actually driven out of the townships. The policemen and here I am specifically referring to black policemen at the time, some of them had also been driven out of their communities and they had to find homes elsewhere. MR WILLS: Now also in 1990 and I’m referring to paragraph 6, you witnessed a person being killed by the necklace method, this Mzwimdoda Nzamande, and you believe that he was killed by the ANC, is that right? MR LOTZ: During that time there were consumer boycotts, school boycotts, and those actions were the order of the day. The fact that in the eyes of those organisations that human lives meant nothing. I speak under correction, I approximately encountered 120 necklace murders just in Port Elizabeth. ... were lying or telling the truth I do not know. What I know is his golden watch we didn't find it but as they tell us he had his watch and his gold necklace. We don't know wether these people who murdered him or killed him or whatever come to see them, maybe they know his belongings. Maybe they ... The deceased was then taken by the group, including the Applicant, to Etafeni Hostel where he was burnt to death by the so-called necklace method. The Applicant did not actually participate in the burning of the deceased but stood by as a witness to the whole incident and associated himself with ... MR DU PLESSIS: In the first place we did not have any evidence. The people who could give evidence had the fear that as a result of the necklace methods and the intimidations which took place in these areas to such an extent that we did not get any witnesses they were just not prepared to come ... There must be determined which groups of people used children to burn down schools, throw stones and then also to do the necklace murders. And in the interest of reconciliation, the TRC must establish this and they must be independent, objective and should not look at different political ... a very strong terrorist campaign against the general population of the country with the assistance of the specially limpet mines while the so-called necklace methods of murder were used practically exclusively against Black people. ... MR MNISI: I wasn't going to injure anyone. We were burning it so that we could see the road ahead, we were not going to necklace anyone. ... that you were to repossess in terms of the Beauty Salon operations. The jewellery you mention there, how would this help the struggle, taking a necklace and the like, how would this serve the ... ... he was killed eventually. All that was said that was relevant to the incident in 1986 by Mr Goosen, was that at that stage he was an accused in a necklace, but no there wasn't evidence that he was out on bail. In fact there was no trial, so I, that is the closest we can come to it. I just ... ... and knives. They had all the weapons you can think of that are dangerous except for guns, and they had car tyres around their necks which is a necklace symbol, in the past. They said we are selling them out as leadership and we are selling them out to our killers. They threatened to attack ... local authorities were seriously disrupted; 573 people were killed in black-on-black violence, including 295 people who were burned to death by the necklace method. ... Yesterday when I was listening some other people who had taken forcibly that was happening. It was true, it was so much so that I can't run away from the fact that we in the UDF didn't use the necklace, but it was not only the UDF that used it, it was used, but I can't deny that. ... is daar heeltemal 'n beskrywing en die artikel is geskryf deur David B Ottoway, van Washington Post Foreign Service,l word, die hele sogenaamde "necklace", halsnoermoord word daarso beskrywe. (Onduidelik) duidelik uit, en ek meen dit het die buitelande het dit raakgesien daar, dat heeltemal ... ... police to discuss alleged conspiracies to burn policemen's houses, the deceased's group branded the applicant's group sell-outs and threatened to "necklace" them. The two groups were vying for the support of the residents. Each group was vying for the support of the residents. On one ... ... particular day of the funeral, then on the day that Desmond Tutu was present and he actually saved another man's life because they also wanted to necklace that man. On the following week they were burying certain youths. ... found him they shouldn't suspect that it's Inkatha who killed him. They will think it's the ANC, so let's burn him as they also burn our people and necklace them. Therefore we drained petrol from the car and we poured sand over him and we also poured petrol over him. We burnt him and left ... ... to be happy, because the comrades through I was the one who gave the influence that my son must be buried during the week. So they promised to necklace me with a tyre. After the funeral I couldn’t go and wash my hands, I had to flee to the Plettenberg Bay, just stayed there for a while and ... |