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Cradock FourExplanation CRADOCK
NOZITHANDISO OLGA SIZILA
CRADOCK
ZEZEYI LIZZIE SEPTEMBER
CRADOCK
HENRY TEMBEKILE QATANA
CRADOCK
VELILE WILLIE RAMNCWANA
Other 1985 events are the PEBCO 3 and the CRADOCK 4 abductions and murders, the two excruciating states of emergencies and the last of which lasted until the dawn of the new democratic era in 1989. Even the white business community inside South Africa secretly defied the apartheid bulldog regime ... What made things very serious here in Duncan Village was the Cradock massacre where there was also the killing of the Mtenge family which also made the people to be more disturbed. ... by those comrades who were mandated, unfortunately I was not part of them because at that time the police were looking for me for a trial in Cradock so I had to be very careful. I used to come in during the night in Alexandra and speak to the comrades and leave and they would do the rest ... In Cradock, we see the massacres in Uitenhage and so on. The state of emergency which worsened things, this was the situation where the Police had taken a back seat and the Army was now running our lives in the township. ... East London however, even though that hearing was in East London, it covered the entire Eastern Cape Province. In that hearing we had people from Cradock, people from Port Elizabeth, the Messeshase’s and the others, people from Transkei like Mr Kati. Even though it was in East London, it ... ... was traditionally the cradle of black radicalism. Certain areas in the Eastern Cape, namely East London, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Queenstown and Cradock, were known since the '50's for a radical and even violent political actions. Certain families who traditionally had an important influence ... ... the Monday morning. I went to Cape Town where I stayed while deciding how best toproceed. I left for Johannesburg going via Knysna, Port Elizabeth,Cradock before joining up with a young hitchhiker who had justbeen released from jail for car theft when I reached Colesburg. In Johannesburg it ... MR MJIKWA: I got it from Cradock, I was with some comrades, comrade Harare if I'm not mistaken, was present. Yes, he was there, but I don't remember the others, I think there were four of us when we went to fetch the firearm. Even then I was expecting to get more firearms, but unfortunately I ... MR VISSER: The security branch offices from where the security activities were done, one was in Grahamstown, one in Uitenhage, one in Cradock, one in Fort Beaufort and then there was branch office at Port Elizabeth, but the provincial office was also in Port Elizabeth. MR E G MENZI: No, I was just a member of this Cradock organisation. Then he had gone away to enjoy his New Year's day somewhere, he went with his sister in Cradock. After New Year's day, on a Wednesday they came back. Then on Friday, that very same week he was shot at. Good day Nomfaneleko. You were from Queenstown when you came to the march, is that correct? --- No my home is in Cradock. I am in Queenstown now. I was in Queenstown then. We were coming from the funeral we burying Galata Goniwe and the others, it was in the morning when we came back from Cradock. The - there were uprisings and there was instability in our location. We would see the cars, police cars going up and down the streets, but we were not much bothered ... We have been having hearings in the cities, even the Cradock which we called a rural hearing was in a city, it is the first time that we have come into close contact with the living conditions of the majority of our people. Some of them were accused of the murder of the CRADOCK 4, then it spread until it reached Transvaal. In my area in particular it was not rife. So what has happened, in the area like Dlamini in Soweto and Zola and Mundene, Naledi, those were the areas which were affected mainly. As members of ... to go home. When I arrived at home on that day, there were many policemen in the township. When I got there - there were my sisters children from Cradock who were staying with ... |
