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Then when I started to be stubborn I stood amongst them, andthey kept on assaulting me with these sjamboks. I pushed one of them away. Itold them that they had shot me, and they had shot me right inside my house.One of them got out of the way and I was able to get into the house. I got oneinside the house who was insulting my wife, calling her a bitch. I got veryangry. I asked him what he wanted. That was Blackie Mahoti. I was bleeding. Then he ran away. As he was running away everybody went out. We also went out, and when we went out we discovered that they were no longerthere. As we were sitting there came a police van. That was my brother-in-law.Then my brother-in-law took me to hospital. As I was at the hospital I arrivedthere at about eight. I went to the theatre the following day. Then came otherguys who they said were leaders of the soldiers. I don't remember their names.They came to me to ask me what had happened. I told them that I was not in aposition to tell them what had happened because of my condition. Then they leftme and went. They came back later. They asked me what had happened. Then I relatedthe story to them. They were writing. When they left it only dawned on me thatI shouldn't have told them what had happened. I had a fear that my case wouldend without being sorted out. Thereafter there came others. They were CIDs.They also asked me what had happened. At that time I told them I wasn't goingto say anything, I wasn't going to give them any information, I was preparedto talk in court. Then they told me they had come to take a statement from me.They went away and left me. I stayed in hospital for four months. I wasn't paidat work. I just stayed like that, and I was having children and a wife. I wasdischarged, I went back to work. When I went back to work I was told to go toMr Mapatswane, who's an attorney. I was taken by the ANC members who had causedthe strike. I took the photos. I was told that I could get some help. ThereafterI discovered that all the documents were no longer with him, but they were withMr Mthembu. I have been waiting since then that Mr Mthembu was going to fill me in. When I was supposed to get the results I got a