Jerome Truran , roughing it whilst training in Spain
regime , there was also strife between the Inkhata of the Zulu and the ANC of the Xhosa . It was open war as these two factions tore into each other with vigour as it became apparent that the white nationalist government was going to topple .
The white police were more than happy to stand by and watch them tear at each other . “ We ' re waiting for something to happen ,” said one smiling white policeman as he sat idly in his patrol wagon . A man named Mtembu , who identified himself as a leader of the Inkhata warriors , said , “ If I let my men loose , they will kill a lot of residents because a lot of them ( the warriors ) are just children .”
And this was where I had chosen to live and train for the Olympics ?
GUNFIRE
One night , as we slept , we were awoken to the sound of gunfire . Wayne was in Durban buying sewing supplies , so I was alone with Christine . After a minute , a stray round came through the open window and smacked into the wall above our bed . I pushed Christine out of bed , told her to get under it , grabbed the shotgun , and crawled on my belly through the door and to the yard fence .
Behind the neighbour ’ s wall was a man with an AK47 . He ’ d poke the gun above the wall without exposing his head and strafe the entire area in front of him . Hiding behind a cattle tough was another man armed with a pistol . He ’ d raise the pistol in turn and fire back , also without raising his head . It would have been comical if it wasn ’ t so dangerous !
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