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KHESWA, Emma

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Her house was lost in an arson attack by ANC supporters in Boipatong, Transvaal, in December 1990.

I saw it in the newspaper that the police who were working with him had killed him, because they were scared that he was going to reveal the truth.
On the following day we went to the hospital, we got him…. he was admitted at the hospital. He said he had only been given Panado’s, but he was never formally admitted. I asked him why he wasn’t admitted and put into a ward; then he said they said they couldn’t admit him because he was an ...
That was that very same evening when the police had come to fetch us. That was the last time that I saw him alive. Then, on the following day, they were busy asking me as to where they could get him. I rested on a Thursday and Friday, then Saturday afternoon they came to tell me that he had died.
I saw it in the newspaper that the police who were working with him had killed him, because they were scared that he was going to reveal the truth.
That was that very same evening when the police had come to fetch us. That was the last time that I saw him alive. Then, on the following day, they were busy asking me as to where they could get him. I rested on a Thursday and Friday, then Saturday afternoon they came to tell me that he had died.
On the following day we went to the hospital, we got him…. he was admitted at the hospital. He said he had only been given Panado’s, but he was never formally admitted. I asked him why he wasn’t admitted and put into a ward; then he said they said they couldn’t admit him because he was an ...
The day after the Sebokeng night vigil massacre the house of Emma Kheswa and her son, Khetisi Kheswa, was burned down. It was retaliation. Many believed that Khetisi was responsible, not only for the death of Christopher Nangalembe, but for the killing of 38 people at the vigil one week later.
The day after the Sebokeng night vigil massacre the house of Emma Kheswa and her son, Khetisi Kheswa, was burned down. It was retaliation. Many believed that Khetisi was responsible, not only for the death of Christopher Nangalembe, but for the killing of 38 people at the vigil one week later.
Regardless of what Khetisi Kheswa was guilty of, his mother, Emma, testified that he was innocent of the murder of Chris Nangalembe. Chris’ brother, Mandla, confirmed this. A few days before Chris’ death Khetisi had appeared before a people’s court where he was shot.
Regardless of what Khetisi Kheswa was guilty of, his mother, Emma, testified that he was innocent of the murder of Chris Nangalembe. Chris’ brother, Mandla, confirmed this. A few days before Chris’ death Khetisi had appeared before a people’s court where he was shot.
 
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