MRS MHLAWULI
At some stage, during all this time he was visited by people who 
tried to get him to stop his involvement in  politics because he was going to get into 
trouble. One evening we were woken up and he was told that his office had been burned 
down.  When we went there we confirmed that this had indeed happened, some of his 
belongings were there. As he was studying through UNISA, he would often stay late to 
study.  Nobody knew who had committed the arson.
 There's an incident that took place just before their disappearance and murder. As 
we were friends with Matthew, each holiday we used to go back home in Cradock and go 
via Port Elizabeth to our friend. One day they were in 
Tarkastad at a youth meeting.  When they came back from 
that meeting they were arrested by the police, white police, but they were separated.  So 
nobody knew what was happening between them, for some hours they sat...(indistinct) 
without any explanation.  He was shocked and told us that he had been arrested and gave 
us an account of what had happened, but nobody could explain this.