KANYILE, Ntombikayise Lucy

‘On 2 December 1988, New Hanover police Captain Brian Mitchell ordered the elimination of a group of UDF members. The operation went wrong. Eleven people attending a night vigil were killed.’ // It was just I think the driving force behind it, behind the motives of the security establishment ...

Forgiveness does not come cheaply. It is something that comes deeply from the heart. And I can just ask the people that were involved directly or indirectly and who have been affected by this case to consider forgiving me.

Brian Mitchell is currently serving the fifth year of a thirty year jail sentence. The only way out for him is amnesty. When he submitted his application in Pietermaritzburg this week he didn’t deny his guilt, instead he explained how the eleven murders he was convicted for were committed with a ...

In 1988 the community of Trust Feed was divided by a power struggle. Upper Trust Feed became known as UDF territory and lower Trust Feed belonged to Inkatha.