N JACK MENERA
Yes I escaped and I went back to the Brandfort township and I hid myself at Tom Jacob's house who is a civic leader. I spent my time at his  home, it was on a Thursday evening and Friday morning the chairperson of the African National Congress, Comrade Bosman arrived at the place where I was hiding and I told him the situation, and I told him that I wanted to go to Johannesburg and I didn't have money for transport. Then they couldn't get me transport on Friday, not on Saturday but on Sunday they organised me transport. Unfortunately the person they were negotiating with for transport heard where I was but before he could do anything he started at the police and he told them that at a certain time I'm going to collect Jack. Now wait for us on the way. It happened just that way.  He collected me and we used the normal route out of Brandfort and we joined the main road to Welkom.  Between Brandfort an Theunissen there was a road block by the police.  That was my arrest, taken to maximum prison Grootvlei.
	I want to comment about this.  During our trial, I believe what I'm telling you is not new, it's the truth and it's even on the tapes.  I explained to the court about myself and my co-accused that we were members of the African National Congress.  We committed this act because of the reasons I've already put before the Commission and that Mr Phelane did not want to resign as a councillor.  Mr Morgan Phelane was asked by my advocate Essop Patel and he said Mr Phelane you yourself are of the ANC. Mr Phelane said no he had never joined politics, he rejected that. I was very shocked because Mr Phelane was an old man and he was a priest and he was telling lies that he never took part in politics, whereas the whole of Brandfort township knew him as a leader of the people.