toyi-toyi

He said that there were no riots, they were just toyi-toying. It was not all the people from the township, it was only a small group because we are two groups in the township. It was only kids. Then the police came, then Flemming shot me. I was actually shot by Flemming, my son said. Then my ...

MR SITHOLE: At about 3 a.m. after they had followed the first group to the shack where I directed them to, I heard this toyi toyi outside, up until around five in the morning, since three in the morning. At six I woke up, as I was waking up, it was just before Magwaza appeared and this toyi toyi ...

MRS MAPOGO: In 1990, on the 7th of March it was at about past eleven, he was from work. He found these children where they were playing, but there was no fighting. He was from his mother's home to his younger brother's home. When he passed in the direction of our home, he was standing and other ...

In the afternoon we went to Masesames School, but I did not get inside, I stood outside, because it was full in the room. So we talked that they were forcing us to be taught in Afrikaans, so we toyi-toyed and I decided to go home.

MR XABA: On the 23rd January 1993 my brother-in-law came, I’m talking here about Gumene, and he said to me that we would have to go to a funeral, a funeral where a certain Khumalo lady was to be buried. I refused because I was not prepared to go there, I had some other things to do. But he came ...

MR HLONGWANE: And then Zekele then said that the person who was dressed like that must be killed and then we were going down the main road, we were actually toyi-toying doing this low dance from the meeting. As we were coming down the road we passed the Masigani stop and when we arrived there by ...

I must say more than anything, she has probably changed my views, my racist ideas and everything else. One of the main comments that she always passed to me was "what would you have done, had you been the black chap living there in Chesterville" and I've got to say if I was, I probably would ...

CHAIRPERSON: That was the night before, sorry. Oh yes then he says at 3 a.m. I heard toyi toying.

jubilation. Somewhat premature, as it turned out. In Phokeng, Winterveld, Odimoritele, Unibo and elsewhere, people sang freedom songs, they toyi-toyed and they celebrated the downfall of the government. The retributive clamp-down that followed was swift and severe. In Phokeng itself the chief ...

Shabangu testified that he was an ANC Youth League supporter.  He did not have personal knowledge of the deceased but he was aware of the rumours that the deceased was an informer.  He stated that he was present at the ANC Youth League meeting which was held at a school where they also spoke ...

MR MFAZWE: What makes me to mention all of this, is that as time went on, since I had just arrived here, I was in panic for my children who were moving all over, going to shebeens, joining toyi toyi's and boycotts. I was always uncomfortable because I always they were going to participate in the ...

It is the people that went to King William's Town, toyi-toying that gave us all the trouble. They came and burnt out houses down.

One day in June 1993, Simon Zikali, Gedle Gumede and Mmenezi Nxumalo wanted people to come to the streets to toyi-toyi. They were actually forcing the people to toyi-toyi. The applicant did not comply with this request.

MR KAMANA: For example, let me make an example I was staying at Chachu, I was staying with people who didn't like Brigadier Gqozo, so those people when they were toyi-toying, I was sent to those people to stop those people from doing that. I was being sent by an Officer who got instructions from ...

MR VENTER: Can you just turn your question because I never agreed to saying I loved what happened, I did it because I was a soldier and it was my task to do it. I won't go toyi-toyi if your brains lies on the floor. That was something we had to do, I didn't love it, I did it because I was a ...

And then he, Zandisile came back and he said he had not found that policeman. This particular Sunday on a certain day during the course of the week, because I used to work at night at a Clinic in Sada, it was early in the morning at about ten, it was very bad in Sada, there had been a very strong ...

MS MEJANE: We refer to these people as the Matshawe's. They were against the struggle. They were against us toyi-toying.

MR HLONGWA: In 1986 I was a fellow person, a person who was working, working for the people. When I say people I was a pastor. I was helping people and trying to assist them as a pastor. You will excuse me, sometimes it is not easy for me to speak a little bit faster, because I was actually hurt. ...

MR MORGAN: I did nothing as they were busy toyi-toyiing, Richardson said: "Leave, we are done", and I drove back to Diepkloof and I parked the bus at the back, and they got inside in the back room and I found them already in the room.

MR LUBANYANA: No, there was no unrest in his section but we had heard that in M-Section there was unrest and there were boys who were toyi-toying, but there were never any bad incidents at the time.