A former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu, who disappeared on the eve of the 1991 trial in which he was expected to testify, appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Cebekhulu repeated the allegations made in the recently published Katiza's Journey by Fred Bridgland (sic) that he had seen Winnie Madikizela-Mandela stab Stompie Seipei. He further stated that Madikizela-Mandela had ordered an assault on Seipei a few days before his death, after accusations that he was a police spy. Another youngster, Lolo Sono, disappeared after being assaulted by Madikizela-Mandela. Cebekhulu had agreed to testify before the TRC after an assurance of immunity from prosecution.
eventREF E-0013341Revised
25 November 1997
Former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Fraser, R (1997). Keesing's Records of World Events: News Digest for November 1997, Longman: London, p 41898.
- 02BBC-News, (1997),Soweto priest asks Winnie for reconciliation, from BBC-News, 26 November, [online], Available at news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed: 21 November 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013341
South African History Online (2011) 'Former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013341 (Accessed: 9 October 2026).
South African History Online, Former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013341, (accessed 9 October 2026).
"Former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013341. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013341.
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