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They put their wires again here on my hands, even on the ears and here by the waist and again here more in the waist area and in my private parts as well and more on my toes.  Then they started torturing me.  They tortured me for almost three hours there.  They sent a message to my home that I was dead.  I stayed for three weeks there in Rustenberg in Ramochana Prison.
 On our way back they transferred us to Potchefstroom.  Whilst I was there my parents came to visit me.  When they got there I was surprised as to why they were crying and I started crying as well.  I wanted to know what is happening.  My mother just told me that we had just come to collect your corpse because we have heard that you passed away.  I just told my mother that it is all thanks to God that I am still alive.  
 On the 11th of June 1987 we were released from prison, but we were given certain conditions.  Then we came here in Johannesburg (inaudible).  DPS helped us, the DPS organisation helped us.  They helped us to get some medical 
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treatment.  As they were checking the results of our torture Doctor Richardson told me that I will never be able to bear children again in my life due to this torturing by the policemen.  
 I washed my ears because they were constantly bleeding and during this cleansing process a cigarette stump was taken out.  I do not know as to how did it, who put it there and how.  Even till today I am not working and there is no funds to get medical treatment so that ones life can be normal again.  I thank you.