Butterworth (H14)

Name: Butterworth

Butterworth is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is one of the oldest towns in the Wild Coast (former Transkei)
www.countryroads.co.za/butterworth.html

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Date: 10 September 2008

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Whilst the members of congregation were singing, the Applicants entered the church. They were armed with guns. TNT shouted as follows:

"Ama-Afrika (meaning Africans) this side and the Boers (Whites) that side."

He was commanding that "whites" (meaning the Deceased) separate themselves from the blacks. The three Deceased were grabbed and pushed towards the wall They were ordered to face the wall and with their hands raised. They complied. It was demanded that they produce their car keys. When they produced two sets of keys for the vehicles that were parked outside, Tona took them and chose the Jetta as the better one of the vehicles. TNT also commanded that the Deceased be searched for money which the Applicants say they required for petrol. An amount of about R60 to R70 was found in the possession of one of them. This was also taken. Whilst this was happening, one of the worshippers, Maria Pasiwe Manentsa, begged the Applicants to leave the Deceased alone because they were not whites in the usual South African manner of racial classification. She told the assailants that they were Persians from Iran. She pleaded with them to take a careful look at the Deceased. It is common cause that none of the Applicants responded to her request and in a matter of seconds one of the companions of the assailants shouted from the outside:

"What are you waiting for?"

The voice was urging those who were inside to shoot ("Shaya! Shaya! Shaya!). Shortly thereafter, the Deceased were executed in cold blood. The Applicants' companions in this attack were Mandla Phalaphala (alias Tona), Kid and TNT. It is not necessary to specify what specific role was played by each assailant, save to say that they all acted with a common purpose to kill the deceased and rob them of the car and money. TNT and Kid shot the deceased. Tona acted as the driver. Tona has not applied for amnesty. At the criminal trial he was a State witness. According to the Applicants, after killing the Deceased they all left and took the Jetta to ones in Butterworth. They state that they left the vehicle and the weapons with him. They claim that the vehicle became the property of APLA because it was its strategy to attack and rob whites and take the proceeds of such robberies for its own use. They all returned to their base in Butterworth.
http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/decisions/2001/ac21271.htm

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