South Africa: 'Winnie made me sing during brutal assaults'

A former friend and now confessed enemy of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Wednesday that the ANC Women's League president instructed her to sing loudly while four teenage activists were assaulted at her home in Orlando West, Soweto.

Xoliswa Falati said: "Madikizela-Mandela told me to sing loudly to drown the voices of those being brutally assaulted."

She was testifying in the amnesty application of Jerry Richardson, former coach of the Mandela United football club, in Mayfair, Johannesburg.

Richardson is seeking amnesty for the murder and abduction of Stompie Seipei, Lolo Sono, Koekie Zwane and Anthony Tshabalala, and the attempted murder of Lerothodi Ikaneng in 1988.
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At his criminal trial in 1990, Richardson implicated several high-profile people in the crimes, including Madikizela-Mandela.

Falati claimed the abduction and assault on the youths were ordered by Madikizela-Mandela. - Sapa

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