MS MAAKE
In 13 July 1987 my son disappeared.  Well he really indicated to me but I never really looked up to that notice.  He said to me mum, I am leaving, you don't have to search for me.  It was true, the following day when I came back from work my son was not at home and I asked his whereabouts.  Nobody knew where he was.  It was during the week on Wednesday when he left.  During the weekend I went to his friends, didn't you see Jackson, all of them said no.  JOHANNESBURG HEARING TRC/GAUTENG
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And I started asking them, are you really sure, aren't you hiding something from me, I will end up going to the police.  And I went back home, I asked his brother, do you know where his whereabouts?  Can you allow me to go to the police, and he said no mum please don't go to the police.  Well I stayed at home.  And he said to me you know your son's movements, I know him, I'm his brother.
 Well I just decided to leave the matter.  Until today I didn't even see Jackson and I never went into thorough investigation about his whereabouts.  I didn't know where to start searching.
 A journalist came to me, Mr Maluleke.  When Elias Maluleke arrived he said to me Mamma, do you know I am here to investigate, I want to find out about these children who do not come back.  I think these children are dead.  I think it was in 1994, and he said to me can you please give me a photo of your son.  I didn't want to give him a photo at first but I talked to myself, I said, well let me give him a photo, it might be of some help.  In 1994 he went away and then he came back in 1996, on the 27th, it was on a Saturday in January.   Elias Maluleke said to me you must buy a City Press please on the 28th.  
 We woke up very early and I sent some children to buy me the City Press.  We read the City Press and we discovered that Jackson is dead and Makope and some other people from Mamelodi.  I was shocked, where did they meet, why couldn't we get the information.  I was told my son had been stabbed till he died and he was burnt.  This hurts me most.  Nobody came to me to investigate about the disappearance of Jackson.  It was really surprising because my son has been brutally killed.  Two girls came to me and they said to me 
JOHANNESBURG HEARING TRC/GAUTENG
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can you please rush to the police station.  Jackson was in the police hippo.  We don't know what happened, we were just in the meeting.  I went to the police station, on my arrival nobody happened.  They said to me can you report this matter to the police station otherwise if you don't they are going to kill him.  I reported the matter.  The police said to me go home because you have already reported the matter to us.  It was nine o'clock and I said to myself I am going back to the police station.  I saw a hippo.  Three White men came out of the hippo together with him and they said to me where is Jackson's mother.  They said we want to bring your child into your hands.  Can you please keep him, keep him safe otherwise you are going to kill him.  I said to them why, what has he done?  They said he knows too much.  They left him with me.  They said please keep him, he mustn't leave the yard.   I asked Jackson after they have left what were you doing my son?  Did they just arrest you?  Some girls came to me and indicated that you were in a meeting.  Jackson said they knew I was Jackson and they have been referring to me as a "klipgooier", the one who throws stones.  We were caught at Silverton, that's where they marked me.  That was the end of the story and I have been searching all over not knowing where can I find my son.