MR NHLAPO
In 1977 when I came back to Balfour I discovered that Balfour had changed.  When I got here, I realized that there were many things.  There was some unsettlement in Balfour because people or Boers would come into our yards and ask us for pass books as well as permits and I objected to that.  One time when I was in my yard at home de Bruyn came and I went out of the gate.  When de Bruyn came and stopped in front of my yard together with the Constable Paulos Ngomezulu, they got out of their van and asked me for my pass book.  I said, this is surprising, how can you ask me for a pass book when I'm going out of the gate because my pass book is inside the house.  De Bruyn  produced a gun.  I said there was no need for him to produce a gun because I had my pass book in the house.  We proceeded into the house to look for my pass book.  When we went into the bedroom we discovered that my mother's bedroom was locked because my mother had gone to the office.  That's when we had -  They wanted to assault me because I couldn't produce my pass book and the bedroom was locked.  They produced guns but I was able to run away.  They hunted me in vans and they got me next to the garage as I'm pointing.   I thought I was going to sprint at that time.  They caught up with me and put me inside the van and I was taken to the charge office.  That's where I was tortured.  They said to me I have come to display how clever I was because I was coming from Soweto.  They burnt and tortured me.  Thereafter they took me to the police station.  At the police station I was charged for disturbing the Government because I was not listening  when they wanted my pass book and I did not posses a pass book and I did not have a work permit.  They said I was obstructing the ends of justice.  I was never taken to the doctor thereafter.  I remained in the cells and I would appear in court.  Thereafter the matter would be remanded for a later date and they would take me back to the cells.  That's what was happening throughout.  That's where it started.  From 1977 I have been tortured, humiliated and harassed by the police until this new Government came into power.  I have always been present with all that happened in Balfour.  Whether I've been present or not, they would look for me and I would be brought to answer for deeds that took place whilst I was away.