MS MATLAKALA
[indistinct]  educate myself, we didn't know his whereabouts.  He didn't write any letter, he didn't give us any telephone call.  In 1987 our grandmother came and said Lathli is now back.  The - my mother went to Ipopeng together with her, on the day of his arrival I also went to see him and said to me we don't have to tell any body that he is back because his life would be in danger.  
 And he told me the second thing and he said I should bring him his girlfriend.  I said to him Lathli You said to me nobody should know that you are back.  And I said to him  Why do you want me to bring your girlfriend.  And he said  No I want to see her before I leave.
I went to fetch Dummy and I took her to my grandmother's house.  Well, they talked - that was in the week he was supposed to leave.  On the day of his departure he was together with his girlfriend Dummy.  I asked him  Lathli why did you come, what are you doing here.  And he said  No I'm - I wanted to bring the message home.  I have to tell Manidi Pitsho a certain message, I have to meet him before I leave.  Dummy also asked him what brought him back and he only said to Dummy  Love brought me back, I love you.
On that Friday when we heard that he had been killed my mamma was at work and I was at school.  We didn't know what happened.  My mamma normally wakes up very early in the morning and when she went out of the house all the lights were off.  That was the time when my brother was killed.  On that - on that Friday when we came back home the house was full of people and I asked  What was happening.  And they said no my brother had been killed.
 My mamma was not at - at home that time but when she arrived she discovered that her furniture and her belongings were removed out of the house.  The police were harassing us before we could bury Lathli and they told us not be bury Lathli on a weekend - it should be during the week.  They wanted us to do everything according to their orders.  We buried him on the 2nd of September 1987.  The body was not at home yet, the police arrived.  The police were around - they came to us at the church and they instructed us how the ceremony should be conducted.  At the graveyard we were standing there and they said they're only giving us 5 minutes and everything should be done within 5 minutes.
 After the coffin was put into the grave they said they're giving us three  minutes to disperse.  When people were busy putting soil into the grave they started shooting.  At home food had been prepared for the people who were at the funeral, while people were busy eating the police came in.  They said they don't want anybody around, they went straight to the women who prepared the food and started tear gassing them.  
 Many people didn't eat on that day, food was just destroyed - it was hot, we had to - we had to dig up holes so that we can throw the food inside and they continually came to us, asking us Lathli's whereabouts.  They wanted his photo's and we said we don't have.