MATHEBE, (first name not given - granddaughter 3)

From late 1985 Mbokodo conducted a series of mass raids against the people of Moutse and their Ndebele allies. In December 1985 67 year old Mmusi Mathebe was one of those taken to this hall and tortured. // They were going to give me 28 lashes. It was not like that. The one was standing this side ...

But it was in 1986 that the Mbokodo reign of terror really took hold. In one of the most notorious cases of human rights violations in this area between 200 and 360 Moutse residents were abducted and again brought to the Siyabuswa hall. They were subjected to 36 hours of torture and ritual ...

... insistent that it would never happen. The Bafokeng are a rich tribe, 80 percent of the world’s platinum is mined on their land. Yet, Mangope was given control over their land and rights. // It was the first time to experience the splits amongst the tribes and this was brought by the then ...