TRC Episode 12, Part 02

Описание: Winnie Madikizela Mandela was first mentioned at Truth Commission hearings in May by the mother of child activist Stompie Seipei. Stompie was abducted and tortured by Mandela's notorious Mandela Football Club and in the end murdered. In Gauteng this week, parents of two Soweto youngsters named Madikizela Mandela again in connection with the disappearance of their children. // It happens that my son be one of the activists, with other young men in Soweto, who were highly involved with Mrs. Mandela. So, the story in 1998, around about ten to eight in the evening, it was on a Sunday, when I came back home a young man by the name of Michael called me before I entered the house. He said Winnie wanted to see me outside and I went outside with him. The kombi was parked in my street, not very far from my house. When I got into the kombi there was Mrs. Mandela, Winnie, with her driver, Michael and other few young men which I did not recognize. My son Lolo was in the kombi. He appeared badly beaten. His face was bruised and he was shivering. So, Mrs. Mandela told me that she's taking Lolo away because they labeled him as a spy. I pleaded with Winnie for more than an hour not to take my son away, but in vain. They drove off. I went back to the house; they came back to me because he was asking for a jersey. There was this tall, hefty boy with an athlete body who was having a gun, escorting my boy up to the gate. He said he must not come into the house. We must just give him a jersey. They went back into the kombi, I also followed into the kombi knowing very well that Winnie is a friend, Winnie is a mother. Maybe she will listen to me this time. She did not.