THEMBISA CONSTANCE MGINYWA
On the day of the funeral if I can explain very well I could just - I am glad because on the night of the vigil the hearse was not yet at home.  I am asking myself what could have happened there, so the hearse came in the morning and we were having our funeral and we wanted to go to the funeral at the stadium. There were not many people who were allowed to talk at the funeral because of the order which was brought in by the police.
 Also I can remember that because I was in front there was something which happened at the back.  One of the speakers, Mr Moorcroft who was the Speaker of Parliament at the time, went to the police because at the time everybody knew what was happening, Mr Seboto invited people trying to make information and evidence to be available to give details about what happened during the funeral.  
 When we went around we were going past the school where my child was attending, as I was in front, as I was the 
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chief mourner I saw a terrible sight.  It seemed as if it was at a battlefield because we were surrounded by the police who were heavily armed.  When we went past them then the gunshot fired.  There was stampede again, the commotion and everybody, the cars were unable to move.  The people were also unable to move and everybody was again trying to save his life.
 The teargas was then available.  When we reached that place about a few metres to the graveyard the person who was driving me to the graveyard said we must go back home.  I informed him that I do not care what happens I want to pay the last tribute to my loved one.  I wanted to see where the grave of my son, child was.  So this gentleman, though he was reluctant, he took me to the graveyard.  Some of my family members were unable to go to the graveyard and they had to go back home.