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MS CRICHTON: And he was eighteen years old so he was not a member of COSAS?

ADV SANDI: Was she a member of COSAS or any other student organisation?

REVD XUNDU: Now you say Vuyani was a COSAS activist?

MS SEROKE: You said people, COSAS members came to the night vigil.

MR TIPP: And you also then became involved in the activities of the Youth Congress and of COSAS?

MR MBEKELA: There were organisations, there was a residential association known as GRACA, there was another one which still exists today known as COSAS, there was a womens' league known as the Grahamstown Womens' League which was part of the ANC Women's League, also the youth organisation known as ...

MS BOOI: Very much, he was very active. He used to travel all over Durban, all over the country. He was a member of COSAS.

MR MPANZA: Tulani was a Chairperson of the ANC at Empangeni. I also knew him as a comrade in UDF and COSAS before I left the country.

MRS KUHLANE: While he was at school he was part of COSAS and when he started working, I am not sure whether I should say he was in the youth or what, but he was involved in politics.

MR MALAN: Unit B then looked at UDF, call it Black structures if you have to go according to the racial differentiation, that would be AZAPO and probably Cosas and so on?

MR ZAKWE: Yes, I was. I was a member of the ANC Youth League as an Education Officer. I was also a Deputy President of COSAS, that is now known as Gauteng Province.

MS LOCKHAT: So you can't recall that these COSAS members were problem persons in the area and that certain policemen's homes were being attacked and therefore they needed this operation?

Now, you said in your statement that he was involved in certain organizations in Empangeni, that he was the chairperson of COSAS, is that right - Congress of South African Students - and he was also an ANC member. Is that right? --- That is correct.

MR BIZOS: You don't know about that? Alex Pilani, in 1985, an East Rand member of Cosas who was abducted and beaten to death in April?

My instructions are further that Mr Mkhonza would later arrive at meetings with COSAS and other similar organisations in order to indicate the fact that he was wearing plaster-of-paris.

PROF SWARTZ: I can't remember all the names now, but I'm sure there were many other smaller organisations as well. Cosas was at that time banned or restricted anyway but it still operated in many ways in most of the townships.

MR DEHAL: Then you deal with the general background, you say that you joined the ANC early in 1985 and you were a member of the Congress of South African Students known as COSAS in Lamontville?

And I said to him, Mbulelo my wish for you is to continue with your education, because at the time he was studying at Kwazakhele Senior Secondary school where he was a member of COSAS. He left at that stage of his activity and he went to Lesotho.

I got involved in the Congress of South African Students, together Gasta(?) Sharpley at the beginning of 1984. At that time COSAS was an affiliate of the United Democratic Front.

... which were often later withdrawn and soforth and that is why I am putting this questions to you and we now know that he was member and Chairman of COSAS here in ...