Special Report Transcript Episode 76, Section 2, Time 08:03

When we got to my gate the blue kombi was parked a few houses from my street and I went with him to the kombi. When we got to the kombi, he took the driver’s seat and I opened the slide door. These guys who were here moved for me, I got a seat there. Lolo and other young men were at the back of the kombi and Lolo was in the middle. There were two guys having their hands like that to him. // Did you get a good look at your son? // Yes, because when I opened the slide door the light in the kombi went on and I could see Lolo at the back. He was beaten up. His faced was bruised. It was actually puffed, he was like thick as if somebody has beaten him up and crushed him against the wall. // And did Lolo speak to you? // When Lolo tried to speak he was told to shut up by Mrs. Mandela. // Now tell Mr. Sono what did Mrs. Mandela say? // Mrs. Mandela explained to me that Lolo is a spy, so I tried to plead with her. What she said to the driver, she said he must pull off. So, the diver engaged the gears and he pulled off. As we went down, she asked the driver to turn round the block. And we were still in the kombi, we turned right round the block and we stopped again in front of my house. When I looked at Lolo he was in a terrible state, he was shaking. Then I asked her, may I please get a jersey for Lolo, because by then I thought he’s feeling cold. You know, as if he was beaten to an extent that as if he passed out and a bucket of water was poured over him. I pleaded with her, until she said to me, I’m taking this dog away; the movement will see what to do. That was the last time I saw my son, Lolo in the company of Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela and some young men that were not known to me. // Are you saying therefore she has something to do with his disappearance? // I’ve already mentioned that she was present and she went away with him. What else must I say?

Notes: TRC testimony: Nicodemus Sono; David Unterhalter (Lawyer for Sono & Tshabalala families); Nicodemus Sono; Unterhalter; Sono; Unterhalter; Sono; Ishmail Semenya; Sono