RITA GALELA
On 8 May my husband came home with Mr Hashe from their offices and he was carrying food so that I can prepare it for him and he told me that they have to rush to the airport for the British Consulate, but he wants to eat first.  And I told him that I was busy preparing food and it was winter a bit dark.  I said to my husband, "Shall we eat when you come back?  You know that the councillors want you every time".  I took a very black hat and put it on his head, after a minute the yellow van driven by Mr Hashe who
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was already wearing a hat.  My husband went out of the house with another person who was staying with us in the house, Owise Zamile.  At the time when the councillors were burning houses, seeking these children, during those times it was AZAPO. Even if it wasn't, I wasn't sleeping in the house with my children, it was only my husband and the children, you know, they were really guarding the situation.
 Zamile tried to get into the van, and I said, "No this is not going to happen, Zamile please come back!"  Because I left Zamile and he never came back today.  They went off then to go to the airport because they were really saying they were going to the airport.  Even today...(intervention)