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Guguletu SevenExplanation Where did you hear that your son was amongst the Guguletu 7? (a) On 13 October 1991, at or near Guguletu in the region of the Cape, he did wrongfully and unlawfully assault Mdimpiwe Ntekiso by shooting him with a firearm, with the intention to murder him; After that, a week later, we buried my daughter. There were 11 people who had been shot by the police at the time. They were all buried at 49 Guguletu Stadium. I asked them is there anything that happened they didn’t tell me anything, they just took me. Then we went to Guguletu. I didn’t go straight home, because my home is also in the same vicinity. My sister-in-law took me to his - to her house. I tried to ask them what exactly happened here, they ... ... if something developed inside, inside that wound, and they couldn't band the leg and then I saw a lot on my knee and I was sent to day hospital at Guguletu. And when I asked them to - they told me they are going to treat me, but they couldn't. So I said I am losing weight because of this. So I ... The prime witnesses to the killing, those three boys, who were with him in that room, were Mr Elsen Monyakeni, now in Soweto and Exodus Guguletu Nyakane, living in Wattville and Mr Excellent Mtembu, living in Soweto. All three witnessed that the police that entered that room asked who Caiphus was ... ... there were people that I saw there. When they were running, the police came. They said what do we want. I said this is my father. They took me to Guguletu and asked me for a statement. I said I couldn't give a statement, I wasn't there. So I went back home, I told my mother. And they said ... This particular instance was when they had decided that large communities of people should be removed from Crossroads, Guguletu to Khayelitsha a waste land about 50 kilometres from Cape Town. ... no Sir. The planning of operations was basically an identification of what type of operation. Let me explain to you. My troops worked in say the Guguletu area. When I do arrive at the JOC in the morning I explain to the other commanders that this is my border, I won't go outside this; I will ... ... one? In my knowledge, each and every area, even in Lusaka, there were gangsters, in Nyanga, there were a lot of gangsters, in Khayelitsha, at Guguletu, but why they went to attack at Crossroads and said they have got information that there is a gangster, the house which is people who are ... Verholwertz. I think it was at about 10, she asked me if I have that a child which is politically orientated. I said "no". Then she said that in Guguletu there were Guerrillas that had been ... No I didn't immediately realise that Thornton or Belgravia Road - earlier that day I was working in another area, I think it was in Guguletu where I had been working and the closest contact which I could have had with the areas where the incidents took place was by means of radio contact and if you ... Thank you chairperson. In conclusion of this part of the Guguletu 7 event hearing, I would like to read into the record a statement that was taken from Ms Pat Smith - who has been referred to in the testimony of Mr Benting - by our investigating unit. I went to 147 at Guguletu because the houses at Nyanga East were all burnt. Before my husband was buried, I was very sick, so I went to the Day Hospital, they X-rayed me, then they reported to me that they could still see the bullets in my chest. They could see one bullet on - in my arm. I ... The other was Jimmy Mbane. He was involved in the Guguletu 7. The only help was from the superintendent from the Guguletu day hospital who did us where he could. It also generated another problem - while severely injured patients had to be transported to tertiary hospitals such as Groote Schuur and Tygerberg, they woke up under police guard at Tygerberg and ... MR SHICEKA: In Cape Town, Guguletu, 72 number 11. In other words, it would be used only for the task for which it was needed and then returned. Internally, the usual practice was to confirm the bona fides. For example I can refer to the Guguletu 7. We will then tomorrow and Thursday have an event hearing looking at the incident which has become known as the Guguletu 7 incident. Just one or two issues to be placed on record. |
