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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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... the group that went to fetch the deceased where she was with her brother and they killed her in a typical political style killing, with a ...

That we were involved in demolishing people’s property. By killing we meant even if ... tyre that was going to necklace somebody, you have taken part in the whole process.

2. THE NECKLACE KILLING OF MANDLA MAZIBUKO IN OR ABOUT JANUARY 1987

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 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.

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?

The ANC/SACP alliance on the other hand, unchained forces which could not be controlled, and this led to necklace murders along with the death and mutilation of defenceless citizens.

CHAIRPERSON: Such as necklace murders?

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 ...

... Kwamadala Hostel from buying at shops in the location. That hurt us very much when we discovered that they would actually attack our comrades and necklace them, that is what the people in the township did. As far as I can tell, I think that was the cause of the conflict because if a person was ...

attacks on policemen and necklace murders and so forth and they could have been involved and even worse

These informers were dealt with severely. Even those who were suspected of being informers of the security forces were burnt with petrol and a tyre being put around the body. This came to be known as the 'necklace' method of killing.

... my school books of the ANC colours and I had also written verses and poem on these colours and there were also certain badges of Steve Biko and a necklace with ANC beads and so on. And he said that as a result of all these things which he found in my possession they were now charging me with ...