MARK RICHARD SPARG
Ndobe is his name.  When I first arrived at Nochga, I was told by the Headman and that I was not to be interfered with and I should run the shop as I saw fit as a businessman and of course words began to be exchanged and the meeting was getting heated, in other words, you know I realized that I had to back down in this scenario so I said look I'm new in the shopkeeping business.  We're new here at Nochga.  Lets leave this business.  I'll open my shop and we'll carry on as normal which took the heat out of the meeting and the next day I went back with my family and opened the shop.  Well in December, late December, probably about the 18th, 19th, round about the time shops were closed for Christmas I went to Mazepa and I contracted Hepatitis.  I probably had contracted Hepatitis  before I even  left  Nochga and Doctors orders,  I had to stay in East
London for 2 months.  So, in January and February I kept my family away from Nochga and a gentleman that worked for us ran the store.  Things never worked out very well but anyway at the end of February, I went back to Nochga and we lasted 1 week there.  You know the threats came back.  Our normal customers that were cheerful and happy didn't look happy to see us.  It seemed to me as though there was a lot of  intimidation going on behind the scenes.