toyi-toyi

MR SITHOLE: At about 3 a.m. after they had followed the first group to the shack where I directed them to, I heard this toyi toyi outside, up until around five in the morning, since three in the morning. At six I woke up, as I was waking up, it was just before Magwaza appeared and this toyi toyi ...

MR MNGOMEZULU: Even though I can for certainty say so but I think I would say he attended rallies during marches and he toyi-toyied around with us.

MR LUMKO: No, they never came to my place, they used to move up and down chanting toyi-toyi songs.

MR XABA: On the 23rd January 1993 my brother-in-law came, I’m talking here about Gumene, and he said to me that we would have to go to a funeral, a funeral where a certain Khumalo lady was to be buried. I refused because I was not prepared to go there, I had some other things to do. But he came ...

MR MAHAYIYA: Yes, there were things that she was doing at the time and in the toyi-toyi's she would be seen there toyi-toying.

W VANDOYI: No. There was nothing happening on that day, there was no toyi-toyi on that day.

After he was discharged from hospital, he was working for Mita, but he was having fits. Then when I asked him what had actually happened, he said they saw a group of people as they were patrolling, and these people were toyi- toying and they just heard gunshots and one fell and the others jumped ...

MR DUMA: There was stone throwing and incidents of toyi-toying at the time.

They went back to the meeting where they gave a report-back. Immediately the crowed decided that petrol be acquired to burn witches in the village. At that stage no names had been mentioned by any person from the crowd. Worst of all, Taledi had not mentioned any names of the so-called witches. ...

MRS KHETHWA: They said it is because he is the one who brought toyi-toyi to Venterstad, so he is the one who must give me the Death Certificate.

and that was a consistent theme, as Mr Roshalt mentioned, and as we found in our delegations to government. Now, practically speaking, you know, what practically, other than constructive engagement, can a business organisation, such as a Chamber of Commerce, actually do? Do we toyi-toyi out in ...

MR MBHELE: The information with regards to Musi, I gathered it from when they mounted a roadblock and blocking the buses, not to go through, kids not to go to school, and they toyi-toyied as usual, that the kids must - or students should not go to school, and a certain group came as well from ...

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?

MS PLAATJIES: Yes. The children, the students were toyi-toying through the townships and they were arrested.

A large group of IFP supporters from the hostels were moving in Khumalo street towards the Thokoza stadium to attend a rally called by their leaders. A group of youths displaying placards and singing "toyi-toyi" songs led the procession. They were followed at a distance by the first group of ...

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

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 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 ...

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 MAKWETHU: I don't know, but you could hear that it was the toyi-toyi song, the freedom song. My worry was that I was not sleeping at home, they didn't know what happened to me.