NOMONDE CALATA
The police came to tell me he was in Diepkloof Prison in Johannesburg. 
We applied for a permit to go and see him.  I went to see him in May for the first time.  
The second time when I asked for a permit to visit him, it was after supper time, the police 
said to us they don't take permits after their meals.  I went home, and just at the entrance 
police took me, and put me into their cars. I tried to shout to my dad that I am being taken 
by the police, because I could see him in the distance.  At the police station, the head of 
the police asked to see my identity document.  I gave them my document with the hope 
that  I may see my husband.  At that time I was carrying a so-called Coloured ID. They 
asked me, if I am going to vote now for the tricameral parliament.  Before I could answer 
that question, they said that they knew that I could not even vote, because they knew that 
I'm a member of the ANC.  I never gave them an answer, I just kept quiet.  
 They were now threatening me, saying, "Your children long to see their father, 
hey, they will never see him".  And I asked them what child doesn't want to see his or her 
father?  They told me that I will never ever be employed in Cradock. What will we eat 
because my husband was in prison and my children had to go to school?  I just kept quiet. 
 Eventually at about six, when it was dark in the town, and I didn't have a permit to 
see my husband, I went to see Fort and I said to him that I have bad news for him.
EAST LONDON  HEARING TRC/