My father supported me in all this. Notwithstanding the fact that he was a police sergeant in the South African Police Service at the time, he supported me.
After I was detained in 1976, I was finally released, without any charge being preferred against me. Tshifhiwa Muofhe was later released because they found that Tshifhiwa Muofhe was not Tsietsi Mashinini. In the end, he was detained again and killed by the Venda Police.
Following that, my journey led me to the unions, where I organised workers. I want to take time to explain the organisation of the National Union of Mineworkers, NUM, to hon Malema, because that is another issue that has been raised in the past.
The question has always been that the NUM was an Anglo American project. That is what has always been raised. That story started being spread by some within our own ranks who have, at the time, been given the responsibility to organise mineworkers. Their approach had not worked and they then started spreading a story, as they saw the NUM growing.