MS MKHIZE
Philip the Commission welcomes you.  Maybe before I speak to you I will address the people who are here a little bit about you.  Eight Congress of South African students, that is COSAS activists from Duduza and Kwatema on the East Rand were killed and seven severely injured when they pulled the pins from booby trapped hand grenades.  Philip Mazuza was one of these students. Philip received a serious injury to his left arm which has left him permanently disabled.  Not long after the incident and a number of other COSAS students were arrested and allegedly tortured at Danwater Police Station in Nigel.  Philip alleges that one of the arrested officers was Eugene de Kock, former commander of police unit based at Vlakplaas.
 Philip you have already said a little bit to you about where you come from, I would request you to speak to the Commission and tell a little bit about where you grew up and got involved in the struggle and the next phase of it you will tell us when you started being tortured.