DITINI THYIDO
The government of the day was not prepared at all to see to the needs of the communities because they actually wanted us to be under the leadership of those Councillors.
	The government wanted to ensure that we have the Internal Stability Unit in our townships.  Since the police intended to protect the municipality and their Councillors, they were always patrolling in the locations, day and night.
	The residents noted that the police intentions were mainly to divide the intentions of the residents who did not support the municipality at the time.  They initially started by prosecuted SANCO members.  The intention was to demoralise the SANCO leaders so that they did not fight for the rights of the community.
	And that is when SANCO took a decision that it had to establish a group that was going to protect the residents.  Thereafter SANCO established these Self Defence Units.  After a while I was appointed as one of the leaders of the Self Defence Unit in the region of Site B in Khayelitsha.
	Our duty was to protect the residents who did not support the municipality of the time.  Since the ISU was being used to threaten people, we were forced to find ourselves weapons which were the same as theirs so that we could protect ourselves from attacks.
	That is where the war started between the ISU and the SDU.  The amount of attacks upon the homes of the leaders of the SDU increased.  Their houses were burnt by unknown people at night so that in order to arm members of the Self Defence Unit, money was collected from the residents of Site B to buy weapons.
	This money was collected by the leaders of SANCO.  Bongi Mpisane was one of those leaders who collected money.  That made it very clear to us that we were in a war situation between the police and the Self Defence Units.  The police who were assisted by a group of Koevoet members.
	As time went by there were rumours that the people who were collecting money were using the money for their own personal gain in stead of forwarding the original mission.
	Bongi Mpisane was one of those.  The use of money in this way was not allowed and that led to disagreements between SANCO and the people who were collecting the money and using it for their own use.
	These people who were affected or were involved, broke away, thereafter there were rumours that those breakaways from the SDU like Bongi Mpisane, started to work with the police.  We noticed that the police had excessive information about members of the Self Defence Units and where they could be found.
	We realised that the meetings of the Self Defence Units and our plans were known to the police in detail.  The amount of attacks on the homes of the leaders of the Self Defence Units increased.  It was easy for them to be arrested by the police of the Internal Stability Unit.
	Those members who tried to escape, were shot.