Special Report Transcript Episode 8, Section 7, Time 35:41

They kicked the door, the people who were coming inside. They said they wanted Mavimbela. At the time they were calling Pakamile, Mavimbela. There was a white man who had smeared himself and darkened himself. He was having a rug on his shoulders. I think he was at least embarrassed to shoot my husband in my presence. So he chased us a way and said my children and I should get out of the room. So, we went to the bathroom, but my youngest daughter came to the room, and then I said no we must be together. So that if one of us is killed, we should all be killed. There was a sound of gunfire and then everything was quiet thereafter. But they didn’t come to the bathroom, so I felt that we should go out. I started in Alfred’s room and I called him, Alfred! Alfred! And we realised he is dead, so we covered him with a blanket. We went to another room, there was also a visitor here and he was also shot dead. We found our brother Mpongoshe he was killed also. I said to my son, I told you about this. I’ve been telling you about your laziness, I was thinking that he is asleep. I informed him that I cannot tolerate his laziness. I said, why should you sleep whilst we have been shot, if there were shots. I didn’t realise that I was talking to a corpse. Because I could see that he was shot on the head. The child that I’m talking about is Mzukis. I could see that they started with Mzukis because he was next to the door, so he fell next to the door. Probably they started by shooting him. So we were looking for Tandiswa, because we couldn’t find him. But when I looked through I could see that my child was just behind the wardrobe. I could see that it was my daughter.

Notes: TRC testimony: Nellie Marwanqana; People shot dead in Maseru house

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