NOHLE MOHAPE
We got married in 1973. I met him, at that time he was a very difficult person, he was having problems. EAST LONDON  HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
5 MOHAPE
After some time our house was attacked by police every time in and out seeking for him.  They also wanted me in the process because he was a person who could reach out to people and even at home he was a person who could be reached easily. He was being sought by the police, what for, nobody knew.  My mum was also involved here and he knew exactly how to reply to the police. 
 Even before we got married, they would even go to my home, my house,  to search for him. He was in those difficult times.
 Now on his way to the workshop, he said to me, "I am not going to leave you, let's go together, because we are busy here getting our country in order". Now, well be in East London, we'll be in Cape and we'll be in Durban, because he was a member of the South African Student Organisation at Turfloop.  In 1972 there was a big strike at Turfloop and then he was removed, that time they were busy mobilising their community. During that time Steve Biko was also banned and then he came back to Tqonre, they were people working together. At times they would hold meetings, Steve would be there, Bunny would be there. I was still young, they would say to us, "We want to conceptonise you, you have to know exactly who you are, where your origin is, you should be very proud of your origin".  They would even make noise, telling us to stop imitating whites, we are busy smearing our faces with creams, because we want to be like whites, we're busy stretching our hair because we want it to be long. "You are beautiful as you are.  We recognise you as you are, don't try to imitate other cultures so that you become beautiful, it's not important to us, you are a human being".
EAST LONDON  HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
6 MOHAPE
In 1974 we had our first daughter. While I was pregnant her father was detained.  Even when giving birth to the child, the father was not there, he was at a conference. He told me that he would be in the meeting. I was very expectant at the time.  His friend took me to the hospital and he came back after some time and by that time we had a baby daughter.
 In 1973 and '76, he had been a very loving father and committed husband, but that time was very short because in 1976 he died. Then we parted.