Special Report Transcript Episode 50, Section 2, Time 03:10

I then decided to go out and see what was happening. I went out and found Thando lying on the ground. I could see her eyes staring. I couldn’t tell whether she was dead already. I rushed to our home which was burning. As I tried to pass the soldiers, they said I should stand back. Nobody was allowed in, because those people were there and they would kill me. I said I did not care whether they killed me because my mother was inside. She was not able to get out. Even if she was dead, it would be better to find her corpse than to watch her burn. As the fire subsided I went into the house even although it was full of smoke I found my mother lying on the ground facing upwards. She had a lot of spear wounds; she had been hit with a stone on her cheek. I was alone. I dragged her outside and put her on the stoep.

Notes: Ria Madlala interviewed

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