Murders in which Winnie was implicated

Among the murders in which witnesses at the hearings implicated Mrs Mandela were:

1 The assault and murder of Stompie Seipei Moeketsi, 14, at the end of 1988. Gerry Richardson, former "coach" of the notorious Mandela United Football Club, claims he carried out the murder on Mrs Mandela's orders after the boy was beaten by her and the football team until he was almost dead. Stompie, it is claimed, was thought to be a police spy.

2 The murder of Dr Abu Baker Asvat in his surgery in January 1989. Two men, serving life for his murder, now claim they were paid by Mrs Mandela to kill him. Its claimed the doctor had been asked to examine a badly beaten Stompie by Mrs Mandela and that he was assassinated because he knew too much about the boy's death

3 The murder of Kuki Zwame in December 1988. Richardson claims he killed Ms Zwame on Mrs Mandela's orders after Mrs Mandela branded her a spy.

4 and 5 Lolo Sono and Siboniso Tshabalala, who disappeared in November 1988 after allegedly being questioned and assaulted at Mrs Mandela's house. Richardson claims he killed them on Mrs Mandela's instructions because she suspected they were informers.

6 The death of Finkie Msomi, 13, shot during an attack on a Soweto home earlier in 1988. The attack was allegedly carried out by the club on Mrs Mandela's orders in revenge for the murder of a football club member.

Mrs Mandela was also asked about at least five other murders during the hearing and an array of violent assaults.