Police constantly asked her about things she knew nothing about. Her arrest had nothing to do with the ANC. “What I was arrested for had nothing to do with the ANC, but the police didn’t believe what I said and so they kept on torturing me. They also interrogated me about my mother, against whom they were desperate to produce evidence. “And they went in for mental torture, which was perhaps the worst. They would say they had arrested my mother and two brothers and that there was no body at home except the small children. I believed them and it upset me”.

References

• Disa, The Torture of Lindiwe Sisulu: http://disa.nu.ac.za/articledisplaypage.asp?filename= SeApr78&articletitle=The+torture+of+Lindiwe+Sisulu
• Who’s Who, Lindiwe Sisulu’s Biography: http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/ profilefull.aspx?IndID=906
• Lindiwe Sisulu’ Profile: http://www.info.gov.za/leaders/ministers/housing.htm
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