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little to one another. She felt it had all been said. He loved her, but since the job in Durban, he sensed she had distanced herself from him. If she ever found out what he was going to do now, she would leave him.
    In town, Krige parked his Land Rover in a quiet side road not far from the café. He walked to it and waited outside. After a while, a man arrived in a Ford and parked. Krige was the only young white around and the man approached him.
    ‘Jan Krige?’ he sai d and held out his hand. ‘John Dalton.’
    Krige nodded and led the way inside the cafe. He could not help being impressed by Dalton’s excellent physical condition. Perhaps he was just the right man to have along.
    They found seats in a corner and after ordering, Krige put the envelope he was holding on the table in front of them. ‘You can look at some of this in here while we drink our coffee and then you can read the rest in the car when we get going.’
    A pot of coffee came and they filled their cups. ‘The first part of this covers the background of these four men,’ said Krige. ‘Read it and you will see why some members of the group hate them so much, particularly the older men who lived through the apartheid period and believe these men are as virulent now as they were then.’
    Dalton slid the papers towards him and started on the first section. It read:
    Three of the men are Xhosas with extensive guerrilla training. These men, Elijah Ngubane, the recognised leader, John Nofomela and Paul Ngwenya are three of the most dangerous and violent men ever to operate in South Africa. They first came to prominence six years before 1994 when apartheid ended and Mandela was released to form a majority government. But these men, like others, did not stop their murderous activities. They are around thirty-five years of age.
    In the past fifteen years the three have appeared to reside permanently in South Africa. Before that they spent time training in Angola and Russia in constant preparation for all the raids and skirmishes they organized and executed in South Africa. Since their return they have left South Africa periodically but these were very short breaks. Their activities are essentially secret but they are not benign. They left the country a few weeks ago but soon entered again. It is highly likely they are here now, if the pattern of their movements is anything to go by. When they returned they were followed to a house in Malakazi township, KwaZulu-Natal. It is a place we know about and, judging by the amount of time they spend there, we are confident they are there now.
    Th ese men do not only hate whites; they also have an intense dislike for some blacks. They killed several blacks in high positions during apartheid and this has not stopped. They have pretended to be part of political organizations but have used party cover to conduct their evil work. The African National Congress or ANC in particular regarded them as their sons and it is believed still do. But you will never rid a political movement of its criminal element, men who use the cause as a catalyst to kill. Sometimes it is directed against their own people. A brief account of the way these men operate is exemplified by the following.
    Years back a man named Thami Zulu, a nom de guerre for Muziwakhe Ngwenya, came to a bitter end at the hands of one or more killers. He was a celebrated member of the ANC, a gifted leader and tipped to replace Mandela. He died in strange circumstances, or rather he was murdered, but the killers got away with it. He was an intelligent, sensitive man and after being turned down for Witwatersrand University went through the University of Botswana and then on to Moscow for training in guerilla warfare. He wanted to stay away for longer but he was needed and he returned to the camps in southern Angola. Chris Hani, the murdered chief of staff, spotted him and made him regional commander of operations in KwaZulu-Natal. His predecessor, Nyanda, was assassinated