MRS MPHELO
One thing that really puzzled us, as he was being accused that he was a spy who sold Steve Biko, on the other side we never rested.  The police were on their toes, on the other side it was the people.  I remember at one stage, it was a rally.  Now the youth were throwing stones at cars.  They ran to my place, into my house, I opened the wardrobes, I said to them they should get in.  Even underneath the beds.  The police were outside, you know, they kicked off my door and they asked, didn't you see any youth, I said no I didn't, nobody came in, couldn't they see that the door that they kicked was closed. Surely that would be an indication that there are no people in this house.
 You know at that time there was a child underneath the bed, I was talking alone, this child was restless and I took a cloth, I tried to clean while talking, hiding this sound that was coming from underneath the bed.  Well the police left and I opened the wardrobe.  They thanked me for helping them, another game.  
 Across the street there were police there, it was after the rally.  There's a big place of reeds. A policeman came from that area and asked us why we urinate close to the kraal, and he replied, this is our place, our tradition tells us to urinate very close to the kraal. You know, this hefty man picked him up, he was so hefty that his feet 
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couldn't touch the floor, and then he was thrown into the back of the hippo.
 After hearing this, on the other side, these youths arrived at my place with guns. My husband was not now at home, it was at about seven o'clock and they cut my telephone line, they got into my van, they took everything they wanted.  They opened the wardrobes, they took everything, they looted my house.