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It is clear that the police investigating Madikizela-Mandela and her football club did not do their work properly. The prosecution too was clearly flawed. Could the apartheid state have been part of a bizarre cover up, possibly because of their agents’ roles? What role did the ANC play then and ...

Mandela however remained unruffled throughout the two weeks of unrelenting testimony against her. She dismissed all the allegations by every single witness and finally suggested that the hearings were part of a political plot against her.

The one overwhelming problem that I have about this hearing is that there seems to be … I mean, either there’s a conspiracy theory or even a conspiracy directed against you by a wide range of people, not only the youngsters that came here and Mr. Morgan and the whole succession of people, ...

... of the assault is virtually the same, but Cebekhulu goes further; he says he went to the toilet that night and saw people near the Jacuzzi in the Mandela’s house. // I saw Mrs. Mandela wearing long clothes. How I know it was Mrs. Mandela I know there was a moon, not that full moon, but a moon ...

This special edition of the TRC Special Report covers the controversy surrounding Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's 1991 kidnapping trial. This involved allegations about Mandela made by Nicolas Dlamini, who was serving a life sentence for the 1989 murder of Dr Abu Baker Asvat. Statements made by him ...

... home, saying that ‘mom, I’m back home.’ Then I’ll open my arms and take to hug him, and say, ‘welcome home.’ I’m pleading with Mrs. Mandela today in front of the world that please, Mrs. Mandela, please give us our son back. Even if he is dead. Let Mrs. Mandela give us the remains ...

The Mandela United Football Club Hearings, Part 1

The upcoming Mandela United Football Club hearing

‘Day three Wednesday 26 November 1997’ // Madikizela-Mandela appeared relaxed and confident when she arrived at the hearing on Wednesday morning. She greeted old comrades warmly and seemed determined to show the world that there were no hard feelings between herself and Truth Commission ...

Jerry Richardson was the manager of the Mandela United Football Club. He gave his version of the assault two weeks ago. // We beat them up, man. You know, we have sjamboks at the kangaroo court, we have canes. We used every method that we knew, that would make them tell more truth than what they ...

Stompie Seipei, murdered by Mandela United Football club

And then members of the now defunct Mandela Crisis Committee, Frank Chikane, Sydney Mufamadi, Aubrey Makoena, Beyers Naude and sister Barnard Ncube, all prominent veterans of the struggle told the Truth Commission that they had failed in their attempts to end the reign of terror of Madikizela’s ...

Is it correct that the people that beat Stompie were Mrs. Mandela, Katiza, Slash and yourself? // Yes, but there are others. Everybody who was there participated as well as the other members of the Mandela United Football Club.

... I did not know. I did not know Reverend Paul Verryn. I was merely giving an explanation from evidence given to me by Falati. // Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela, that NBC documentary that I saw two weeks ago is still in existence and if necessary … the content of the documentary is before this ...

They put me in the back room where they put Stompie. So they tied my hands, they tied my feet. Mrs Mandela came. She asked me. Where is the picture? I said I have destroyed it. So they beat me. Mrs Mandela said boil hot water. All over the face and head. Boiling water all over the head, the parts ...

... but nevertheless extremely damning evidence about kidnapping and vicious assault on four young people. We should also not forget that Madikizela-Mandela was convicted of kidnapping by a court of law and there’s very little doubt that Madikizela-Mandela tried very hard to destroy Paul ...

Yes. He said, well, Mrs Mandela is not here. I should say she was in Brandfort that day for the beating of Stompie. They were not in Orlando (Soweto), they were out. He (Mpofu) reminded me that I should not forget in court that, on December 29, Mrs Mandela was in Brandfort. From December 29, 30, ...

Dali Mpofu was a young lawyer who became Winnie’s lover while Nelson Mandela was in prison. Mpofu later plays a critical role in this story. Who shot the pictures Katiza found remains a mystery.

We now know that the young men were assaulted by Richardson and the others. Did you witness any of this? // No I didn’t. // Did you see any injuries on the young men? // No I didn’t.

Looking back over last two years of the TRC in a discussion with Donald Woods, Maki Mandela, Abraham Mzizi and Herman Giliomee