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pangaExplanation We were proceeding towards the burning shacks. As I approached, I saw a white man who was speaking to Sishumani, saying come Zulu, come - referring to Sishumani. The white man was edging Sishumani on to attack and Sishumani came and hacked this man with a panga. these people, they stopped us and requested for some cigarette light and we did so, after which somebody who was behind me had produced a sword or a panga and the other ones asked for some cigarettes and the other one tripped me and as I was lying down, they came running, actually some of them ... MR BERGER: If you were targeting the ANC, Mr Mthembu, can you tell the Committee why it is that three year old Mita Moleti, that little girl who's in the wheelchair today, why she was stabbed, in fact her skull was hacked with a panga, can you explain that? JUDGE NGOEPE: In court what did he say you went about trying to kill him? Did he say you tried to chop him with a panga, did he say you shot at him? What did he say? - Checkers Tavern is not far away from my home, then I saw a large group of people entering Checkers Tavern. That is when I left my home, taking my panga and I went to Checkers. Then when I arrived there I saw Johannes, he was being assaulted and being asked questions about his other ... ... eight in the morning and I went outside to investigate what was happening. I came across the anti-Comrade gang who were having shovels as well as pangas and I was running towards Mwilwa's shop. And when I got to Mwilwa's shop I saw this group of Comrades in front of the shop and they were ... ... is concerned, there are two previous convictions of armed robbery. One in 1979 and one in 1983 and they both involve - well the one involves a panga and the other involves ... ... the IFP in terrorising the community. The fourth Applicant stabbed Selai on his hand with a knife. The second Applicant hacked Selai with a panga and participated in dousing him with petrol. The third Applicant hacked him several times with a panga. The first Applicant hit the victim ... Bheki Mgenge was the one who stabbed him first. I was also armed with a panga. I started chopping at him with that panga. Other comrades were stabbing him. We left him there, we went to our respective places. ... was assaulted and killed, may lead to a question of dishonesty. I submit that that is not so. He said that he was armed with an assegai and a panga of which he used mainly the panga. This is I submit, not what is meant by full disclosure, whether there is some contradiction or some ... ... and I was also pulling her, because at that time she was powerless, and I was sort of dragging her out of the house. The other one was having a panga, and they hacked her with a panga. Whoever had a weapon was busy hacking my mother as I was holding her. I took her outside the house. As I ... The first applicant hit the deceased Ntombela whom he knew as an IFP supporter with a panga at the back of his neck. Other SDU members also participated in assaulting him with an assortment of sharp objects. He also hit Ngema with a panga, but did not establish whether both had died in ... ... was so confusing and we just kept quiet. They started kicking the door. I wasn’t sure whether they shot at the door or whether they hacked with a panga. As we used to call the deceased Kohli and we asked, why do you have to close the door. While we were still there two people entered the ... "... they also had panga's, spears, axes, knopkieries and big, long firearms with them." ... the door, that child came to me. When that child arrived, he came to me and said, people, there are people who are having axes, they were having pangas with them. There were four of them. When they arrived, they get hold of me with my jacket. They pulled me. I was not able to ask where ... ... cannot confirm what it was, but where from the position where I was I thought in my mind it was long rifles which I couldn't see what it was, AK or panga but you could see that it was long rifles which were hidden under their jackets or ... Then I came across a White man. This man tried to hack me with a panga. I tried to grab it, that is when he cut this finger I'm showing to you. When I tried to turn then he hacked my daughter on the head. Then there was brain that I could see. I tried again to turn then he stabbed me with a ... ... deceased. The applicant says that he was armed with a gun which had been given to him by Joe Ngema and his companions were armed with spears and pangas. They went to a shebeen run by one Mtshali and waited there for the deceased who was known to frequent that place. When the deceased arrived ... I ran away, people’s houses were closed at the time. I was just trying to go past these people. This is when I was hit with a panga on my waist, my leg was malfunctional as a result of that. My flesh was badly wounded, my leg could hardly function but I did try to run away. MR NGWENYA: We chased him. We stabbed him. He fell. I had a jungle knife and I stabbed him and one other comrade had a panga and he stabbed him too. |