MRS GCABASHE
17B/13      "van and I could not see him or know what had happened to him for three full days.  There is not a word to describe the torment of living for three full days without knowing where my husband was or whether he had died or what was happening to him, or at least whether he had had a meal that day.  I could not sleep.  My life came to a sudden standstill.  I felt utterly helpless against the system.  On the fourth day, however, our family lawyers informed us that my husband had been detained under the state of emergency regulations.  He was to stay in prison for three full months.  During this period his shop in Oqaqeni was reduced to ashes and a considerable portion of his 250 head of cattle mowed down by unknown people, armed with automatic assault rifles.  Upon his return from prison, his bedroom was petrol-bombed and the truck on the yard was set alight.  On another incident, shots were fired into the building.  It appears the focus was on Zazi's bedroom.  The attackers seemed to be well-informed of the house plan.  At this stage my husband expressed that he was being hunted down.  He said he knew that they would eventually close in on him.  He said he was ready for it any minute and that he would not budge to pressure to turn him into a fearful refugee in his own house and community.  On the 9th May 1987 two armed men walked into his office.  Two remained outside