Heart of the Hunter

?The other debit order on Mpayipheli?s bank account. The clearance code ? I ran it down. We know where the money is going.?

?Yes??

?To the CCE. The Cape College of Education.?

?For the child??

?No. It?s a correspondence college. For adults.?

?Oh.?

?High school education. Grade ten to twelve. Someone is doing a course with them.?

There was little new in the information. ?Thanks, Rahjev.?

Her cell phone rang. She checked the screen, which read

MAZIBUKO.

?Tiger??

?I am letting Bravo come down from Bloemfontein. In our vehicles.?

?What for??

?There?s nothing happening here. Two policemen and a speed cop with two vehicles. There?s a big thunderstorm on the way that looks bad, and there are two or three roads off the N1 between here and Beaufort West and who knows how many farm roads.?

?He?s on a motorcycle, Tiger.?

?I know. But if he spots the blockade and turns back, how do we pursue him??

?With the Rooivalks.?

?In the rain??

?How sure are you that it will rain??

?Ma?am, it?s raining already.?

?It?s a five-hour drive from Bloemfontein, Tiger.?

?That?s why I want them to leave at once.?

She decided. ?Okay, let them come.?

?Mazibuko out.?

?Tiger??

?I?m here.?

?Mpayipheli. He might have been more than MK.?

?More??

?don'?t underestimate him.?

?What do you mean? What have you found??

?He ? We don'?t know enough yet. Just don'?t underestimate him.?

?He?s still only one man.?

?That?s true.?

?Mazibuko out.?

She pressed the END button on the cell phone. Her eye caught the fax machine printing out a document. Stepping up to it she read the heading as she waited for it to finish. NIA.

?Well, well,? she said softly, keeping her fingertips on the paper till it finished and then picking it up.

Last known address? Derek Lategan: Orange river Wine Exports, P. O. Box 1J98, Upington, Northern Cape

Last known address? Quartus Naude: 28 Fourteenth Avenue, Klein-mond, Western Cape

Masethla had supplied the information. She could imagine his internal struggle, his reluctance, irritation and fear that his outburst would be reported. A small victory for her. She found no pleasure in it.

Frowning, Radebe came over the floor to her with another document in his hand. ?Here?s an odd one, ma?am. This report came in from Pretoria, but we hadn'?t given instructions.?

She took it from him.

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Transcript of interview by V Pillay with Mr. Gerhardus Johannes Groenewald, 23 October, 21:18, 807 Dallas Flats, De Kock Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria

P

: You were on the integration team with Johnny Kleintjes?

G

: I was second in command.