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people's warExplanation MR VAN DYK: It was late at night, there were not many people around but there were some guards around, but I would not have done it. None of the applicants have disclosed any such act, omission or offence. On the contrary, pursuant to the enquiries made by this Committee in terms of Section 19, the applications as amplified in the letter quoted herein above, categorically state that "none of the people on its list had been ... I would like to talk about my uncle who was shot by one of the policeman at Wolmaransstad. It was during the water crisis at that time in Wolmaransstad in 1983. When there was a water problem we used to get water from the wells, which we made ourselves, in an area called Debing. As my uncle was ... MR LEWIN: Thank you Mr Chair. Morning Mr Morare. Sorry. Morning Mr Morare. Thank you very much for coming to join us and to tell your story. You have seen the way in which people are enabled here to tell their stories. I just want to confirm that you are going to tell us about an incident ... ... stop which is found at the entrance as one enters Sangweni Section in Tembisa. This incident took place at approximately 19H00, applicant is not aware of or he does not recall the early date nor does he recall the exact month, he however mentioned that it was on or about September ... ADV GCABASHE: Anything related to housing, which is another activity that we've heard about at these hearings, assisting people to relocate, did you have anything to do with that at all? ... him and he was eventually caught, killed and his body set on fire. Mbhele took no part in this. Mbhele in his evidence denied that he was aware that Dlangisa would in all likelihood be killed. He said he thought the community would hand Dlangisa over to the police. In the light of ... SEAPOINT: decision, is that the people did not have to testify. CHAIRPERSON: Well I did not watch television this morning and I have not seen that report. The press that I have read seem to have reported the matter with some accuracy and the purpose, as I understand it of the agreement, it was an agreement yesterday, was to enable these people to be notified ... It was on a Sunday, the Red Cross people came, they came to visit me and they asked the same question. They asked me how many bullets, the Red Cross people said they only saw seven wounds. I was taken back to the cell. The next day I was taken to court and I was charged for illegal possession ... DR ALLY: So you do not know if on this day that the police were actually looking for your son or that the people who shot him may have known that this was your son? MRS MATHEBULA: It was in 1986, in May on the 12th. We were going to the cemetery. The proceeding was normal on our way to the cemetery. There was no problem at all. While we were at the cemetery the ceremony was already done and then we were told that the elderly people should go, and I ... MRS MAIFADI: Benjamin Maifadi was at home. That is where I was born and is where I was married. He went to visit his grandmother for a couple of days. There was a time when people came and told us that the children have gone to KwaNdebele and we asked how could we get to KwaNdebele and where in ... CHAIRPERSON: You look pretty young. I thought you were 14, because people under the age of 18 do not appear before the Commission on their own. Reverend Xundu will swear you in. MR RAMMBWA: I went to the deceased's home in order to ask him to leave the Village and the deceased refused to leave the Village. Before further talks can be pursued, the deceased started to throw the spear to the crowd and the stones and he was also using the assegai and then the people threw the ... During the course of operations I acted as a combatant with comrade Robert McBride. Robert and I grew up together in the Wentworth area and we got to know each other well. As we grew up we became increasingly politicised. Our people in Wentworth and generally in South Africa were suffering. ... MR NONGENA: We were 17 people here in town who got arrested. We were going to attack boers in the charge office. I was one of the leaders of that group. The boers were treating us badly at the time. When we arrived in the charge office, the gate was too small. I was one of the people who ... MR BORAINE: It is a very sad story of what happened in many townships during the height of the conflict when people were necklaced and this is the experience you have had and you have come to tell us about it. The PAC regarded the killing of Amy Biehl as a mistake committed by young people who were misguided. They nevertheless supported the application for Amnesty. It is common cause that the Applicant and five youths were charged and convicted in respect of the above offences. The Applicant, who was the leader of the group, was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to 18 years imprisonment. The Applicant testified that he, at the age of ... |
