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Special Report Transcript Episode 43, Section 4, Time 14:54In 1986 in Bedford the police came at night… // It was during the state of emergency in June that year that Bedford resident Nadandile Gertrude Bakauli was taken from her home during the night. Why? Because her sons were members of the UDF, involved in the consumer boycott at the town. // I was sleeping at that time. I was trying to wake up; they took me. I was naked. They took me; they dragged me to the car. I was only wearing underwear. My children came in the morning with my clothes and they told my children that no clothes were allowed. Notes: TRC testimony: Nadandile Gertrude Bakauli; Bedford township; Nadandile Gertrude Bakauli A state of emergency was declared on 20 July 1985 in terms of Section 2(1) of the Public Safety Act of 1953. It affected 36 magisterial districts in the Cape, Transvaal and the Orange Free State, and was extended to eight other areas on 26 October 1985. It was lifted on 7 March 1986 and re-imposed ... |