ROBERT JOHN MCBRIDE
Township residents were killed by the hostel dwellers.  Every day we would pick up on average 20 bodies, every day.  I could not stand by and let this continue, so I went to a number of comrades including comrade Rashid, comrade Ronnie Kasrils and others, to request weapons and to be given the go-ahead to train people and set up the defence units in the area.   They all agreed and I worked closely with the political leadership in the area, and trained people and armed people to defend themselves.