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RICHARDSON, JMAge Description Winnie and the football club were now under close scrutiny. In mid February 1989 the police raided Winnie’s house and arrested Jerry Richardson, her chief bodyguard, for the murder of Stompie Moketsi. Richardson was tried, found guilty and sentenced to death commuted to life imprisonment. Ok, Mr. Ikaneng, Mr. Mekgwe, Mr. Mono, Mr. Demsi, Mr. Kgase, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Richardson, Ms Falati have all conspired to lie and implicate you. Is that what I’m understanding you to mean? // They have lied sir. conspiracy directed against you by a wide range of people, not only the youngsters that came here and Mr. Morgan and the whole succession of people, Richardson … but also fairly significant people in the community: the Crisis Committee, the MDM, the church leaders, the ANC statement. All ... ... not that full moon, but a moon that you can see this is a woman, this is a man, this is a boy. She was holding something shiny like a knife and Richardson was coming with other people. I did not see them properly. They were near to the swimming pool, the Jacuzzi. I saw Mrs. Mandela holding ... When I came into the garage, they were beating Lolo Sono. Mrs Mandela, Jerry Richardson and others. They were whipping Sono. After they beat Sono he was wounded. Then they put him in a car and drove to his house in Meadowlands. We now know that the young men were assaulted by Richardson and the others. Did you witness any of this? // No I didn’t. // Did you see any injuries on the young men? // No I didn’t. It is true that most of the witnesses who testified here were lying. As far as I am concerned Richardson was lying. As far as I am concerned the two youths who claim that I gave them money to kill Dr Asvat were lying. As far as I’m concerned Morgan’s ludicrous statements made before you here ... and she whipped, whipped Stompie…We were singing freedom songs so that the neighbours could not hear the noise and Stompie crying. Mrs Mandela and Richardson lifted Stompie and dropped him several times on the concrete in Mrs Mandela’s back room. They hit him on the back and on the head until ... ... layered upon cover-up. We hope things will become clearer when Winnie appears before the Truth Commission later this month and when Cebekhulu, Richardson and Dlamini testify before the Amnesty Committee. Stompie Seipei’s mother and Lolo Sono And Koekie Zwane’s parents deserve the whole ... A number of other murders in the tax were blamed on the Mandela United Football Club. Sibuniso, son of Nomsa Tshabalala, disappeared around the same time as Lolo Sono. Jerry Richardson says he took part in Sibuniso’s murder which was ordered by Madikizela-Mandela. ... a choice between leaving the country and being dealt with by her. ANC security men smuggled him to Lusaka where he was jailed. By the end of 1991 Richardson was in jail serving life for the murder of Stompie. Winnie was sentenced to six years for kidnapping, later reduced to a fine on appeal ... ... when she appears before them on the 25th of this month. It will also hear from the convicted leader of the Mandela United Football Club, Jerry Richardson, who is serving a life sentence for Stompie’s murder. Let’s look now at the BBC’s ... ... Asvat was not the last victim in this drama. Young Lolo Solo was keen on becoming a football member but Winnie accused him of being a police spy. Richardson and Winnie took Lolo to his ... She introduced me to Jerry Richardson who was in charge of the house. She introduced me to Slash, Shoes and other boys. I didn’t have clothes to wear so she gave me a tracksuit for Mandela United. They wrote on the back Mandela United Football Team. Koekie Zwani Miya was Zindzi Mandela’s best friend and a regular at the Mandela home. Jerry Richardson says he killed Koekie on Madikizela-Mandela’s orders after allegations that she was an informer. Leratodi Ikaneng is one of the few people who lived to tell the tale of Jerry Richardson and the Mandela United Football Club’s murder sprees. // I thought I was going to be shot. But at a later stage I discovered that they do not have a gun. Amongst these men, there was another one who was ... ... because there was a moon, and you could see this was a woman, this was a man, and a boy. She was holding something shiny, like a knife. She and Richardson were coming with other people. They were near to the Jacuzzi. I saw Mrs Mandela holding something shiny. She used her hands twice. As soon ... Anyone who believes in the evidence led by Jerry Richardson I have a serious problem with. ... admitted that they had a telephone tap for example on Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela’s house. We know for a fact now on his own admission that Mr. Jerry Richardson was an informer, so we needed to determine what the security branch knew about the matters and what they did about all the other ... ... confirmation that Koekie Zwane’s dead body was found in 1989. One complicating factor we had to keep in mind was the widespread allegations that Richardson was working with the security police. There is a real possibility that he could even have been an Agent Provocateur, in fact it now seems ... |
