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MR MALAKOANE: You know, there were people speaking in Zulu. I heard them saying that we will kill this dogs of Mandela. They were speaking in Zulu. By the time I turned and look into their direction it was already late, but my wife whisked me away.

MR SCHUBART: Because you see, as I understand what was stated from a historical point of view, and this is set out in the autobiography of President Mandela in: "Long Walk to Freedom", it was that by the time this incident occurred in August 1992, the armed struggle had been suspended and there was ...

... people were shot at. The IFP people provoked the residents. Then in 1990 something happened in South Africa when the then ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison. And in Natal we decided that Nelson Mandela should come and visit our region, and there was a really which was ...

that if you take the G plan and the so-called N plan, and you place it next to each other, the one is a blueprint, the one was originally written by Mandela, he was also the author of that, it was a revolutionary document, and the G plan was later regarding the Street Strategy set up by Matthew ...

... to join the struggle and if it was necessary to kill, I was going to kill, but if they were not, I wasn't going to. I know that after President Mandela took over, IFP and ANC were now in good relationships. I think I was also going to take part in that process as well, like they are ...

MR RADEBE: I was released in June 1990 after President Mandela was released in February of 1990 as a process of the release of many political prisoners who were till languishing in South African jails.

as they you when you come in from outside, I’m from Johannesburg - we in the Valley are confident that a new future has opened for us all. Nelson Mandela can never be put back in prison, ...

Umkhonto weSizwe who stayed in Mdantsane were arrested in an early morning raid by the Ciskei police. They were only released when President Nelson Mandela. During that period I had to be on the run because I was lucky I was not arrested. I don't know the reason for their arrest even today. ...

Yes I did, I was at Brandvlei maximum at the time, I was undergoing a hunger strike and then I was demanding my release because Nelson Mandela was released at the time and some of the political prisoners were released. So during the 17th day I went - I demanded that I should see a doctor, but this ...

ADV BOSMAN: But this was when people were beginning to get ready for the elections and everyone was talking about the release of President Mandela. This is why I find it bit difficult, I mean people in the country were generally discussing politics, was there no talk about politics in this area?

MR DEHAL: In the next paragraph you deal with your trial and the stance you've taken there and you say inasmuch as Mr Mandela was released in February 1990 and the ANC unbanned, when your matter came before the courts in 1990/91 it was not possible for you to fully disclose the nature of your ...

At that particular time and there was considerable violence in the immediate aftermath in kwaZulu Natal of Nelson Mandela's release, in a number of townships for example, there was some confrontations between people, at that time it was considerably shaky, the atmosphere in the country and of ...

MR NHLAPHO: I was involved in the Mazibuko as well as the Mshayazafe incident. We were called by Bonga, that he is the commander, that the Mandela section - we were called by way of a two-way radio that Bonga was in a problem and we had to go and help him out. We proceeded to Bonga to help him.

MR XABA: Yes, that's correct. Before we work or before we do this kind of job, you first check whether the people are there or the children are there. So most of the time Mr Msizi didn't used to stay with his children, the children used to stay at Mandela section.

I also ask the president of the country, President Mandela, to pardon me for what I did to his country. I have realised that these two prominent people are working together to build our country, and there is no need for us in the grass roots to fight each other on political reasons.

and I must be honest with you, nothing was done. Then we came to a stage where we called the President of the ANC to come to Piet Retief, Dr Nelson Mandela. I think he came just a day before, it was on the fourth (4th) of September. The day before he came another member of the community, Jusiah ...

... view was shared by the Conservative Party and indeed by all conservative political parties and organisations. He was seen as the successor to Mr Mandela and was ...

MR MAKATU: The aims of the Youth Congress was - because by the time in which Mandela was released from jail, there was the creation of organisations and then we decided to group, to ensure that we form our own Youth Congress in order to fight against apartheid and the Venda government which was ...

the rehabilitation centres, came back to South Africa. Hlongwane, their leader was swearing, saying that, publicly saying that he was going to kill Mandela and ...

were staying, even Makwetu was there as well. Jeffrey Masumula was with us but he was taken from us to the other political prisoners like President ...