Special Report Transcript Episode 15, Section 4, Time 25:44

Then, almost 20 years later a second event rocked the town. The Manong family was branded as impimpis. Some say it was because the one brother was a councillor, but it was Emily Manong a grandmother, who was burnt to death. // It was 1985, August the 27th, it was on Saturday. But before that, it was before UDFs before ANCs, there was always, when they sing they used to sing my mother’s name in between what they sing: She’s impimpi. The Xhosa name is xombela, impimpi. // I just saw the smoke billow and flames spill out of the roof. A lot of men were on the roof. Some were pulling out the TV aerials into the house. My husband asked what was going on. Three of them threw petrol and paraffin. He then ran to the police. // The children were wounded. My sister was burned but my mother was most badly burned from her face downwards the last thing she said in hospital was ‘They got me but they didn’t get my soul.’ // The whole location was there. There were so many you couldn’t count them. Those children’s parents were there encouraging them. They all went to see if the children were doing a proper job.

Notes: Daniel Manong (son) interviewed; Susan Manong (daughter-in-law); Daniel Manong; Susan Manong