me go, but they brought me back. They said they still wanted me to give evidence, and I persisted in refusing. He gave evidence, the trial went on, it ended, and they were sentenced - and then, I was released.
Now, you know, when you deal with the police - with the security police - there are three things they want from you: You co-operate with them by giving evidence against your comrades, or you become an askari and go and kill your comrades, or you become a paid agent. I did not do any of the three things that they wanted. [Applause.] Not at all! Not at all!
When they released me for the last time, they then said they wanted me to work with them. I still remember who it was. It was Maj Heystek. He said, "We want you to work with us." And I said, "I will never agree to work with you and betray my people." And they said, "We will come back to you."
The uprising in 1976, ... After my spell of detention, I then joined the Black People's Convention, BPS, because the university would not take me back. So, I joined the BPS, which was a black consciousness-oriented organisation like the South