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... We also take a look at tomorrow’s hearing on the controversial Mandela United Football Club and Justice Minister Dullah Omar’s statements on Winnie Mandela. But we start our programme in Cape Town. Last year the Truth Commission held two special hearings into the killings of an ANC cell in ...

... separated. And I said where on earth does my mother think we could use a tablecloth, a starched tablecloth and serviettes and all that? And then Winnie Mandela said we’re going to fight for a ...

Nelson in prison was more mythical than real; Winnie was the visible living symbol of black resistance, especially when in 1986 the apartheid government declared a state of emergency. As South Africa edged towards civil war she remained defiant. // ‘This is now the right time to take your ...

Falati has however been accused by Winnie Mandela of also being involved in human rights violations. // My hands are not dripping with the blood of the African children. I’ve never compromised my comrades. I’ve never even compromised her. I went to prison for her as my leader. // She in effect ...

There were activities taking place in the home of Mrs. Mandela which could either lead to an investigation of Mrs. Mandela, her own involvement possibly in these activities, but nothing happened at the level of the police. And I’m putting it to Mr. Kritzinger that they wanted the situation to ...

... the assaults on Stompie. Despite his doubts the judge accepted her alibi. Katiza Cebekhulu alleges the Brandfort alibi was manufactured by Winnie Mandela’s lover, Dali Mpofu. I asked Katiza if he was approached by ...

It was Winnie herself who was assaulting me the first time, and when we got to Winnie’s house Winnie personally said to me, guys see what you’re going to do with this one because she doesn’t want to speak the truth, referring to the football club members. They started assaulting me and ...

You have seen that Katiza was sent by Mrs. Mandela to mess up with all our lives, including my daughter, who was underage and went to prison for her. That was all fabricated by Mrs. Mandela … sent Katiza, you have seen that. Mrs. Mandela is the one who caused the death of Stompie Seipei and the ...

This episode focuses entirely on the first part of the special hearings on the Mandela United Football Club (MUFC) held in Johannesburg (27 November - 4 December). We hear evidence from the parents of murdered child activists Sibuniso Tshabalala, and Lolo Sono, Madikizela?s driver Johan Morgan, ...

Thabiso Mono and Stompie Seipei’s abduction and torture by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s MUFC

... you collected these boys, where did you take them sir? // I took them to Winnie’s house in Diepkloof. The first person who started assaulting was Winnie Mandela, assaulting Stompie Seipei. Her, and the others followed as well assaulting the rest. They will lift them and throw them right in the ...

The Commission also pressed the policemen on their apparent lack of thoroughness in all investigations relating to Madikizela-Mandela. // Could you tell me why further efforts weren’t taken to perhaps try and locate more witnesses or other evidence to corroborate the information that you had ...

Lolo Sono’s father talked to Mrs Mandela and said: Please leave my son with me. Those are the only words I remember. Mrs. Mandela said. No, I’m taking him away with me; the movement will see what to do with him.

Last year, former Mandela United Football coach and the convicted killer of Stompie Seipei, Jerry Richardson created a sensation when he confessed to being a police spy at the first round of the Truth Commission hearings. This week the security policemen confirmed this, but said Richardson was the ...

... gagged and denounced by comrades who towed the line that Stompie was not really dead. Joyce Seipei buried her son on February 25 1989, a day after Winnie Mandela told the media that Stompie was still alive. Will she ever know the truth? // I’d like the Commission to help me a lot. There is ...

bring us to the end of a long chapter. What I’ve announced today was started by my predecessor a number of years ago. Since the moment that Mister Mandela met him at Tuynhuis and since the moment that in that discussion Mr. Mandela clearly stated his commitment also to peaceful solutions it has ...

... from the sky, coming home, saying that mom I’m back home. Then I open my arms and take to hug him and say welcome home. I am pleading with Mrs. Mandela today, in front of the world, that please Mrs. Mandela, please give us our son back. Even if Lolo is dead, let Mrs. Mandela give us the ...

I want to say to Mrs. Mandela, because I’ve not only known Mrs. Mandela for years, I deeply admired her and respected her. The Cachalia and Mandela families go back a long way and as I sit here I’m deeply conflicted. There’s one part of me which wants to in a sense go over and to hug you and ...

Nelson Mandela on the Truth Commission

Nightmares of the past came back to haunt the Truth Commission this week and several world known personalities, such as Winnie Mandela and Robert McBride. Sitting in Durban the Truth Commission hearings reminded South Africans that atrocities and human rights violations were not the monopoly of the ...