MATONGISI WILLIE BANGELI
Mr Chairperson, on that particular day we had a meeting, a general meeting for both parents and the youth.  As it was clear that we are members of the UDF and also we worked at town and were members of SAWO.  There was water that was taken to the townships.  We were, the Gula village was then not given the water.  We wanted to know why we had not been given water.  They then said that our water should be drilled from the ground.  We had no water.  We investigated the matter as there was absolute disharmony.  Next to Lita there was a dam that was constructed.  We then found out that our village had a right to get water from that dam.
 After we ascertained that we are also supposed to get this water we then called a general meeting for all the members of the community.  We gave this time.  The youth became violent.  The children were angry.  The Ciskeian police were driving around our community and the youth wanted to attack the cars.  We then went to the meeting.  Sebe, at the time, there was something happening in his home.  I do not know whether his daughter was getting married or his son had just come out of circumcision school.  We went to the Inobuthu Primary School for our meeting.  Our children were singing liberation songs in the village.  We got to the school hall.  We realised that the whole thing was out of our hands, there is nothing we could do.  There is a stage just like this at the school.  The children then went onto the stage of the hall.  I also went onto the stage.  
 We started the meeting, we sang the national anthem.  As we were drafting the agenda we looked, there were windows right around the hall and we realised that there were police right round.  The police went in, they started beating us up with batons, also steel batons.  I was beaten right here on the eye.  Some of the batons would go right around the head when they hit you.  We were like young boys asking for forgiveness saying, oh father, forgive us.  It was painful, we were humbling ourselves.  There was nothing else we could do.  After a while there was silence.  We got out.  There were rifles as big as that camera right over there, all  around.  We realised that if that, those rifles were used there would be trouble.  
 They told us to sit down.  We sat down like little children.  What I did, first of all, is I went there where the children were held.  I asked why the children were held, this is before the meeting.  I went there and asked why the children were held.  They denied it.  I tried to hide after that.  I was wearing green, I was wearing green overalls from Murray and Roberts where I worked.  I just lay there as they beat me.  The children were taken to NU12, the charge office there.  There were so many cars there I could not even count them.  The elders were told that they must never do this again, they must just go home now.  We were bleeding, we were injured.  I was the last one there, being beaten by the same police saying, please boetie.  
 The children were taken.  We then went home, it was difficult.  I thought I would not be able to sleep, I must go to a doctor.  We went there to the hospital.  It was full.  There were nurses, there were soldiers, nobody cared.  We were just given tablets.  They would not even examine us.  They told us to come the next day.  We took the tablets and we left.  We went home and I thought, no, this is really painful now.  I persevered the Sunday.  On the Monday I was told that there was a doctor at Anniden.  This doctor took us.  We told him what happened and he could see how injured we were.  We were told that we did not have to pay this doctor, but I paid R10,00 and he took it even though they said we did not have to pay.  I gave it to him freely, because I thought it is only R10,00 after all.  He said that I must come and consult.  
 This doctor asked me if I have legal representatives. I said, yes, Mrs Siwisa.