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sjambokExplanation Mrs Mandela punched and slapped each one of them, referring to the four youngsters and called for a sjambok to be brought to her. Each of the four was beaten by Mrs Mandela. You must remember hearing that then, what do you say about that now against the background of so many of these allegations? ... A girl called Nthombizolwa and a boy called Mbongi came out. The other one, that is the man, had a knife, and the girl, Nthombizolwa, had a sjambok. They called me. They said, "You come here, a member of Inkatha." Should I have known what was going to happen I could have ran way, but I ... MR PIENAAR: Nothing. I want to confirm to you again. A soldier never carries a sjambok, never carries a haelgeweer, the only thing he takes with him is his weapon, that's and R4 or R1 or AK47, whatever it may be. No other weapons. poles. They said I must get out from the car and I must put my hands around the poles. And when I tried to do that they started hitting me using a sjambok, and then they said these two black policemen must hold my hands so that they can beat me. They went on and on beating me. They were not ... ... his voice, because I knew him, he was our councillor and we had no problem with him. So he said the children ought to be assaulted. They took a sjambok and told my husband to assault my son so as for them to see that he didn't agree with what they were doing. Then they said we shouldn't go ... ... to kill the alleged witches. When the crowd of which he was part arrived at the deceased's home, she was assaulted. Mulaudzi hit her with a sjambok. He also instructed the younger people to put a second tyre on the body of the deceased. He also pelted the house of the deceased with ... He testified that on the evening in question, he was at his home when he heard people shouting "Inkatha". He left his home carrying a sjambok towards the direction from where the noise came and in an open veld, he found a large group of about 500 people shouting "Let's kill them". ... They said wake up. Then we were taken with their cars. Then they said, take out your blanket. They said, sit down. A certain man came with a sjambok and said I’m going to hit you with this. He said, sleep. I was moving from the distance from that corner to that corner. I was wet at ... ... such lawful possession was forthcoming, the culprit would not only loose possession of the firearm, but would most probably also be whipped with a sjambok and assaulted in other ways. The object of this, the SDU members explained, was not only to deter others who might use their illegal ... Tension grew at the meeting and it was decided to assault Shabane and subsequently Bhengu with a sjambok. Thereafter the applicant admitted to telling the people present to kill the two deceased. Shabane was then shot, apparently by one Mbuyiswelwa; Bhengu fled but was chased by part of the ... During the interrogation, Taylor struck Khubeka with a sjambok. According to Botha, this was not a severe assault, but a way of emphasising the seriousness of the situation and the need for her to co-operate with them. The interrogation lasted approximately fifteen to twenty minutes and ... ... died or not. Maqok, in his affidavit, confirmed the allegations of fact in Mjo's affidavit and admitted that he assaulted the deceased with a sjambok repeatedly in the "dark house" and near the river. He said he intervened to prevent comrades from burning the deceased's wife ... an elderly lady from Umlazi. She had been in detention previously, I think, also under Section Six and she had been severely beaten. She still had sjambok marks on her back. I would just maybe ask the Commissioners to see if they can find out what has happened to Gladys and, you know, whether ... ... other man is police Mahani and Mr Macoshu. On arrival there as they were still beating us, they were beating us, harassing us and Mr Mahani while sjamboking us, the sjambok beat Macoshu and Macoshu because he was angry now, tried now to harass us ... ... it was really burning. Gunshots were fired, people were going up and down. We were told to make a salute, a fist and if we salute then you get a sjambok behind by the police, you are aimed at. So it was a chaos. What you were to do it is up to you what are you doing. Are you lifting up your ... MRS SIZILA: They used a sjambok. ... in this context: do you, in order to get the keys, do you have to kill a person. You see, it arises in this context. Couldn't you just get a sjambok, for example, and just hit him and hit him until he tells you where the keys are, rather than kill ... ... they are white, we hate them because they oppress us. Remove oppression, the hatred will go. It is therefore plain dishonesty to say I hate the sjambok not the person who is yielding it." Can you explain to the Committee what did you mean by ... MR LAX: You see there's some evidence that Ms Kubheka was being hit with a plastic object, or a rubber hose of some description, or a sjambok-like object and there were sounds of those hits that could be heard outside the building. There's evidence of that. If you were on the veranda you would ... The police were called immediately and two of the three policeman started assaulting him with a sjambok and a kierie. |