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toyi-toyiExplanation R GQEME: Yes, we walked passed these Whites. Some of us walked down Dendes Street and down Dunga Street and we joined the rest and the bridge. Those - that was the crowd that was toyi-toying and we moved towards Sipunzana. MR MABASO: It is the same with Stephen. I’ve indicated that I was, that I was on patrol. It was supper time. Other had to have their supper, and others were expected to go on patrol whilst others were having supper. We all knew him. We all knew them. Everybody and old women and aged women and ... And you had come to the march on the 7th September. --- In 1992 I was a student here in Bisho, resident here in Bisho and I was injured before the march. I was injured here in Bisho. We were toyi-toying on our way back from a meeting and I was knocked by a car driven by soldiers. Before then, ... In addition you had a lot of freedom songs which had this line, "kill the Boer", which was meant merely to motivate our soldiers, in many freedom songs they are there, it's not belonging to Peter Mokaba, and I think we need to make that very clear. The people who said it belonged to Peter Mokaba ... MS PLAATJIES: Yes. The children, the students were toyi-toying through the townships and they were arrested. MR SEMENYA: Now, we were listening to Mr Morgan, he told us yesterday that when you people came into the car, you were just toyi-toying, when you left the manse? Is that correct? sign on Wednesdays and Saturdays but I didn't do that because when I arrived there I was shown around all the flags and the T-shirts that were there, they were asking me to what organisation does this particular flag belong to and I told them that I don't know. They said they are supposed to throw ... MR HLONGWA: In 1986 I was a fellow person, a person who was working, working for the people. When I say people I was a pastor. I was helping people and trying to assist them as a pastor. You will excuse me, sometimes it is not easy for me to speak a little bit faster, because I was actually hurt. ... MR MORGAN: I did nothing as they were busy toyi-toyiing, Richardson said: "Leave, we are done", and I drove back to Diepkloof and I parked the bus at the back, and they got inside in the back room and I found them already in the room. MR NKOSI: Well the deceased as an employee of the then government, I do not think he would have approved of us doing activities like toyi-toyi and so forth. You were saying that it happened on 31st December 1985. Would you like to tell us further? --- Matambomtini arrived at my home in the morning to tell me that Mbulelo was shot and I asked as to where was he shot and where, and who shot him. He said to me, Mbulelo was ... [indistinct] by ... ... Speelman arrived at the school after the meeting had finished when the multitude was on its way to the mountain. He then described what happened once they had reached the mountain. The deceased was questioned as to who else was involved in witchcraft. People were running, toyi-toying, chanting ... MR TYALI: I can support my statement because I never heard the police singing toyi-toyi songs before in the government buildings. I have never seen such behaviour, the behaviour that I witnessed on that particular day, that is why I am saying today that their aim was really to remove Brig Gqozo. MS MEJANE: We refer to these people as the Matshawe's. They were against the struggle. They were against us toyi-toying. And then he, Zandisile came back and he said he had not found that policeman. This particular Sunday on a certain day during the course of the week, because I used to work at night at a Clinic in Sada, it was early in the morning at about ten, it was very bad in Sada, there had been a very strong ... looking for they said they are looking for petrol bombs because my child was toyi-toyiing and my problem now is that I was affected since then, even my eyesight is affected since last year August. MR MAHAULE: I did not see any need to differentiate because when there was a toyi-toyi we were all grouped into whether you are in uniform special branch and soldiers camouflage MR LUBANYANA: No, there was no unrest in his section but we had heard that in M-Section there was unrest and there were boys who were toyi-toying, but there were never any bad incidents at the time. MR VENTER: Can you just turn your question because I never agreed to saying I loved what happened, I did it because I was a soldier and it was my task to do it. I won't go toyi-toyi if your brains lies on the floor. That was something we had to do, I didn't love it, I did it because I was a ... One day in June 1993, Simon Zikali, Gedle Gumede and Mmenezi Nxumalo wanted people to come to the streets to toyi-toyi. They were actually forcing the people to toyi-toyi. The applicant did not comply with this request. |