TESTIMONY_GIVER:
I'll be very brief, I'll tellyou what I know, because I wasn't staying at home, I was working in Sasol. Onthe 22nd of July, round about 5 o'clock, I got a call from New Vaal. Mymother had phoned my relative's child, and my relative's child was scared tophone me. She waited for her husband to come back, and the husband is workingin New Vaal. When her husband came he is the one who phoned me and said, "Aunt, Grannysays you must come together with the kids." I was working with my daughter.The schools were closed as they are closed right now. Now my granddaughtersand grandsons were with me at work, so I took them with. My husband died in1986. So the children were with me. Now, when I asked how did they expect meto come with the children, what was the matter, what had happened, she toldme that she didn't know what had happened. Then I told my boss. My boss saidI must phone Heilbron and speak to my mother. I phoned Heilbron, I asked tospeak to my mother. My mother came. I asked her as to why she wanted me to bringall the children, what had happened? My mother answered me, she said she isscared to tell me, but I must come home. She told me that Champagne had beenshot on the legs. I said to her she must explain to me. She asked me whetherI was strong enough. I told her I was strong enough because I had encounteredsuch experiences before. Then she told me that my son had died. I couldn't finishspeaking. The phone fell down and I collapsed. My boss or madam picked up thephone. She gave me some cold water to drink and she took the phone, she triedto phone my daughter, who was working on the Third Street at Vaalbank. She phonedMrs Kelly to let my daughter know that her brother had died. When I regainedmy consciousness I found that my daughter was there already with the two childrenwho had visited us, as well as her madam was there. They phoned - my boss phonedmy husband. Round about half past six they came back from work. (Pause) 