ONTLAMETSE BERNSTEIN MENYATSOE
In 1994 I was at my residential place in Siweding(?).  It was in the afternoon whilst I was still in the house I heard some noise outside, some people who were shouting.  I went outside to see as to exactly what was happening.  When I got there I saw people running around on the streets and singing ANC songs and they were raising their hands saying that Mangope's government has fallen.  They were running towards Mega City and saying Mega City was on fire.  When I looked in that direction of Mega City I saw a huge smoke there.
	Whilst we were sleeping at night, it was at about ten o'clock, when one of the members of the defence force of the Bophuthatswana who also residing in the same yard, knocked on my door and explained to me as to how the AWB has arrived in Mafikeng and had taken control over the aviation defence force.  I became quite nervous when I heard him saying this because I knew that the defence  was the stronghold of the government.  And therefore I was scared that us as the police won't be able to control the situation should war start.
	I slept and in the morning I was supposed to be on duty from 6 o'clock but one neighbour who is also a policeman came to me and told me that he had made a call to the station and he was told that it is not safe to go dressed in uniform because of all the unrest.  He told me not to dress in the uniform and we should drive in his car to TTA to go and see what was happening there.  And we did that.
	We drove off in his car and on our way we saw some, the roads blocked with car scraps and stones and people were screaming that Mangope has fallen down and viva ANC.  We drove up to the head office and when we got there the situation was completely changed.  It was not the head office that we knew.  The police were standing in small groups as if they did not know where they belonged.  We parted with my neighbour and we went to our different offices.
	When I got to my office, I found some of the policemen who I work with not dressed in uniform like me.  A car was taken out so that we should go and dress in our uniforms and we were given firearms.  I was given an R4 rifle.  We got into the car and drove home to take our uniforms.
	People were passing in front of us and screaming viva ANC.  We could see that it is not possible for the Mangope government to go on because people showed that they were sick and tired of it.  And we also raised our arms and showed them that we are in support of what they were saying. (The sound is cutting - the interpretation cannot pick up all the information)