NKOSINATHI NKOHLA
I was born and bred here in Kimberley, I attended school at Singesa Lower Primary.  I started schooling at Singesa and I went to the Singesa High School.  In 1985 I was in Standard 5 at the time - I started to be engaged with the Galeshewe Youth Organisation.  During that time my involvement was to go to Warrington where I was organising and I was trying to  [indistinct]   our students and some of those who were not yet  [indistinct]  
The following year I received a report that I was supposed to go to Standard 6 but I received a letter to say I mustn't come back to school.  This prevented me to be admitted in any other school.  As the time went on I was arrested.   The police arrested me and they assaulted me.  I couldn't tolerate their assaults.  They wanted to influence me against the gentlemen who has just spoken.
There was a time when the Comrades realised that I was arrested again I was called in before the vigil and I was requested to apologise.   At that time I had to attend night schools or adult education,  I was having conscience, there were times when I was very affected by what had happened to me.   I went to Kuruman - this was the former Bophuthatswana - I got employed there in one on the mines, but it was a temporary job.  I was discharged and I went back and I stayed unemployed.
During that period I met the Bophuthatswana Youth and he wanted to form some organisation.  I was anxious all the time, I couldn't breath freely and I didn't have to think alone, I was always afraid because the police have taken me away from the people that I loved and because they have tortured me in prison.
When I got the opportunity then we started to form the youth structures in my area and the surrounding areas.  One of our Comrades was released he is now the Premier presently.   We  wanted to get some material so that we can continue with formation of structures.  
Mr Mani said we must come here in Kimberley so that we can get what we wanted and then that is when we started organising.  I was more involved and I tried to show that I am a staunch member and I was  trying to fight what was done by the police.  The Security Branch were treating the people  so badly so we felt that it is the time  that we should do something about all that was happening during this period.
The other day when we were at Kuruman whilst we were organising to form a branch of the South African Communist Party,  I had direct contact with the office here in Kimberley.  At the end I worked voluntarily for the organisation and I was fully occupied in distribution of pamphlets in the office  of the SACP.  At that period I was then arrested.