MARK BLETCHER
Beginning with an experience, a summary of an experience during the Crossroads massacre in February 1985.  Coming to the clinic we walked across Klipfontein Road, the road was blocked by tree trunks, boulders and stones.  Some smouldering remnants of burning barricades smoked.
 In the clinic many of the examination couches had been converted to beds and on them the injured laid covered with bloodied bandages.  We did a ward round and decided who could be discharged and who would need referral to a major hospital for admission and specialist treatment.
 Not long after, firing started up and soon minibuses and cars arrived, screeching to a stop and unloading the injured.  Somebody would help with stretchers to bring the injured persons in.  Some of the injured ...