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I then Xoliswa handed the sjambok (whip) to Mrs Mandela, and she whipped, whipped Stompie…We were singing freedom songs so that the neighbours could not hear the noise and Stompie crying. Mrs Mandela and Richardson lifted Stompie and dropped him several times on the concrete in Mrs Mandela’s ...

we knew, that would make them tell more truth than what they had told us. Stompie, to start with him, I lifted him together with Slash not with Mrs. Mandela. Mrs. Mandela was sitting on the side. We lifted him from the roof height, we left him and he would hit the floor, I’m sure seven or eight ...

... the Commission that an assault took place on Lolo Sono. Correct? // Yes. // Who were the people that participated in the assault? // It was Mrs. Mandela and Richardson and others. // Which particular person inflicted an injury to Mr. Sono and how was that injury inflicted? What did you see? // ...

She introduced me to Jerry Richardson who was in charge of the house. She introduced me to Slash, Shoes and other boys. I didn’t have clothes to wear so she gave me a tracksuit for Mandela United. They wrote on the back Mandela United Football Team.

Dali wore nothing. You can see Mrs Mandela. You can see the man lying on top of the woman. You can see the face of the woman, but you cannot see the man’s. There were a lot of pictures of Mrs Mandela naked. I took one of the pictures. When I took the picture, I didn’t know what to do with it so ...

... them and assuming they say six of the names are so and so, so and so, that will not be the end of the story. I will then have to say. If you say Mandela was your informer, just tell me the date when, give me the whole history that why you say this is so. And thereafter I would have to make ...

Could you tell me whether any approach was made to Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela too obtain a statement from her? // It was so, we did that. I tried to make a telephonic appointment with Mrs. Mandela but I couldn’t succeed in doing so. I visited her house one evening and she was not at home. The person ...

Numsa Tshabalala and Nicodemus Sono accused Madikizela-Mandela of being responsible for the disappearance and likely murder of their sons. Nicodumus Sono says the last time he saw his son was in November 1988 in the presence of Madikizela-Mandela. It is not the first time he begged ...

... to do it privately and we are going to get to the bottom of this. // I want Sibuniso, the bones of Sibuniso. If you want to talk, I’ll talk with Winnie. Winnie I want ...

A number of other murders in the tax were blamed on the Mandela United Football Club. Sibuniso, son of Nomsa Tshabalala, disappeared around the same time as Lolo Sono. Jerry Richardson says he took part in Sibuniso’s murder which was ordered by Madikizela-Mandela.

Asvat said there was no physical evidence of rape. When he refused to collude with Winnie a row ensued.

... that was actually accepted by the movement. Those two are quite different things and I don’t’ think that we can accept an individual like Winnie Mandela making a decision, or anybody else for that matter, making a decision about whether someone can live or ...

But Richardson’s lawyer said that in his testimony next week he will deny that he ever informed on Winnie. The plot thickens.

Lolo Sono was taken to Winnie Mandela’s house. Behind these garage doors she passed judgement.

When the chair turned, it was Mrs Mandela. I met Mrs Mandela face to face. I wanted to open the door and run. It was too late. When I turned I couldn’t see Morgan. I got confused. She said take a seat. I sat down. She said how are you? I said fine. I got scared. I didn’t know what was going to ...

on 29 December 1989 also corroborated that given earlier by Pelo Mekgwe and Xoliswa Falati. // I brought a sjambok and then I handed it over to Mrs. Mandela and then she whipped Stompie. She’s the first to whip Stompie. She’s said he’s sleeping with the white man and Stompie, he walked with ...

ranging from domestic disputes to those who crossed their paths and were branded as informers. It was widely spoken about in the community that Mrs. Mandela often directed these operations. Secondly, that there had been stories that children had disappeared from the Mandela home. It was unclear ...

Before we go, let’s deal with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s attack on this programme. This is what she said at a press conference in Johannesburg this week.

‘Day two Tuesday 25 November 1997’ // Tuesday didn’t start on a good note for Madikizela-Mandela. On the second of October this year she held a press conference showing several young men who she said would vouch for her innocence. One of them was Pelo Mekgwe who skipped the country shortly ...

... a more joyful day for the Biko family. Thousands of people packed the streets of East London to remember the life of Steve Biko. President Nelson Mandela said he’d never met Biko but regarded him as one of the greatest sons of South Africa. Singer Peter Gabriel also paid tribute to one of the ...