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Special Report Transcript Episode 43, Section 4, Time 14:54In 1986 in Bedford the police came at night… // It was during the state of emergency in June that year that Bedford resident Nadandile Gertrude Bakauli was taken from her home during the night. Why? Because her sons were members of the UDF, involved in the consumer boycott at the town. // I was sleeping at that time. I was trying to wake up; they took me. I was naked. They took me; they dragged me to the car. I was only wearing underwear. My children came in the morning with my clothes and they told my children that no clothes were allowed. Notes: TRC testimony: Nadandile Gertrude Bakauli; Bedford township; Nadandile Gertrude Bakauli Was repeatedly assaulted with sjamboks and thrown against the wall by named members of the SAP during a week’s detention at Bedford police station, Cape, in March 1985. She was detained in Grahamstown for six months in June 1986 during the state of emergency and consumer boycotts in the area. See ... |