HERMANUS BAREND DU PLESSIS
Well, firstly Mthimkhulu had been elevated by the youth to a martyr.  The situation in the black townships had deteriorated because of speeches and incitement from his side.  Something had to be done about the matter and I realised that if at that stage, we were to detain him again, we were to encounter problems and for that reason I went to now General Van Rensburg, to get assistance.