ROGER KACHERO RAMASITSI
Okay.  At the time of the release of Mr Nelson Mandela the youth were very much emotionally charged because at the time, that was the time of political awareness amongst us, the youth.  During that time there was a confusion, if not a confusion at all as I can say, the youth were very much distanced from playing political role here in our region because everything which was done, it was done for us by the elders.  We felt that as the youth we have to contribute to our freedom as such.
	During that time, it was the time when political parties were starting to stage rallies around our region, particularly in our area where I was staying in Nzhelele.  So during that time, we used to go to all the rallies, addressed by those big political powers, I mean those big political names in South Africa.  During that time, it was the time that everyone said that there was a quest for freedom, so there came to be a time when we had to strategise so as to be in form with those comrades in the urban area.  As I still remember, our comrades in the urban areas were involved in rent boycotts, consumer boycotts, strikes and all the likes, whereas here in the rural areas there were no such things, so there came to be a time when we thought that for us to contribute in our struggle, we have to remove such obstacles that were making it difficult for us to be free as such, as everybody was thinking that now Mandela is out, we are going to be free.
	Here in the rural areas, it was not that easy.  There were many confrontations with the police and the defence force as such because during that time almost every main road here in Venda, it was manned by the comrades because every now and then there was a movement of youth going up and down attending rallies in the stadium and in the committee halls as such.  So, we used to hold meetings in our village.  Mostly when we came from major rallies, when we came back, we used to address those youth who used to stay behind for protection.