N: I don'?t know her.

w: But you do know Mr. Mpayipheli.

N: Yes. He is a good man.

w: How long have you known him?

N: Two years.

w: How did you meet?

N: At my work.

w: What work do you do, Mrs. Nzululwazi?

N: I am a tea lady at Absa.

w: Which branch of Absa?

N: The Heerengracht.

w: And how did you come to meet him?

N: He was a client.

w: Yes?

N: He came to see one of the consultants and I brought him tea. When he was finished he came to look for me.

w: And asked for a date?

N: Yes.

w: And you said yes.

N: No. Only later.

w: So he came back again, after the first time.

N: Yes.

w: Why did you refuse him at first?

N: I don'?t understand why you wake me up to ask me questions like this.

w: Mr. Mpayipheli is in trouble, Mrs. Nzululwazi, and you can help him by answering the questions.

N: What kind of trouble?

w: He unlawfully took an object that belongs to the state and?

N: He took nothing. That woman gave it to him.

w: Miss Kleintjes?

N: Yes.

w: Why did she give it to him?

N: So that he could take it to her father.

w: But why did she choose him to do this?

N: He owes her father a favor.

w: What kind of favor?

N: I don'?t know.

w: He didn?'t tell you?

N: I didn?'t ask.

w: Do you and Mr. Mpayipheli live together?

N: Yes.

w: As man and wife?

N: Yes.

w: And you didn?'t ask him why he was receiving stolen property and agreeing to take it to Lusaka?

N: How do you know he is going to Lusaka?

w: We know everything.

N: If you know everything, why are you sitting here asking me questions in the middle of the night?

w: Do you know what Mr. Mpayipheli was involved with before his present work?

N: I thought you knew everything?

w: Mrs. Nzululwazi, there are gaps in our knowledge. I have already apologized for

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