DR MAGWAZA
Before I give the opportunity to the family of Jackson Maake I would like to outline briefly the circumstances and the context surrounding the death of Jackson Maake.  The disappearance in 1987 of Jackson, together with two other victims, Sefolo and Makope, was recently linked by evidence led in the De Kok trial by Joe Mamasela.  According to Mamasela the Vlakplaas hit squad had tortured Makope and Sefolo until they were almost dead.  Jackson Maake was stabbed.  They were then driven to Madinyana at night, their bodies packed with explosives and blown up.  The dead men's hands had been turned over to a police pathologist to burn them so that no fingerprints could be taken.
 From the time of their disappearance in July 1987 until the publishing of the article in City Press on 28 January 1996 the families did not know that the victims were dead.
 I would like to give this opportunity to the mother of Jackson Maake to tell us the story.