MADLALA, Thando

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 ...

... tensions boiled over into a full scale attack the next day when hostel dwellers swept down into the township in the early hours of the morning. Ria Madlala’s story is that of so many Bruntville residents who survived that terrible day. As the IFP men came into her house, she jumped out of the ...