MR MBANDAZAYO
Thank you, Chairperson, I'll do that.
"The whites, as they were referred to then, were people who benefited from the apartheid regime.  Such an attack to such class of people would speed up the change, especially the negotiations that were on at that time.  It was also to weaken the apartheid government, because Translux as a parastatal body would lose money as people, the whites would feel insecure.
		It must be mentioned that the benefit I referred to is the power they have to vote and we, the African masses, had no vote.
		Late Sichumiso Nonxuba informed me that I was to be a Commander of the operation and Mandla would be sent from Umtata to Beaufort West, to assist in the operation.  
		On his arrival, I showed him the operation area and plan.  The following day, the 27th August 1993 at 12 midnight, we attacked the Translux bus at Ghamka River bridge near Fort Beaufort town.  The Translux bus was from Cape Town en route to Johannesburg.  We both retreated after firing some shots.  We heard later by late Sichumiso Nonxuba, when we phoned, that he heard the news that eight people have been injured in our operation.
		On the 28th, Friday, of August 1993, Mandla went back to Umtata with both firearms and ammunition.  We were never arrested and it was on the 9th of May 1996 that I was questioned by police with regard to the 27th August 1993 incident.  I denied any knowledge of that matter.  
		The operation was successful because the State President, then Mr de Klerk, was out of the country in Chile, he stated that there were parties that were going to withdraw from the negotiations and he also cancelled his official trip and came back to South Africa.
		A few months later a date of the general election was set.  This is my view of the political situation and it is how the incident was politically motivated."
	Statement submitted by the Deponent and the signed original by Mr Henge, Chairperson.
	Mr Henge, do you confirm that this affidavit was made by yourself and you abide by its contents?