The police say they have questioned scores of hostel residents and have obtained one confession confirming that hostel dwellers carried out the massacre.

Only hostel residents are allowed to enter here and there are no whites.

The stone-throwing was followed by bombs and gunfire, and the Jewish hostel residents hid in various rooms.

The pair convinced Wright to form a band with Vandenburg's friend and fellow hostel resident Scottish-born George Young.

"We must not talk as though there is a genuine hostel resident," Lephunya instructed me.

So there is no reason why people should refer to hostel residents having a say.

They no longer are hostel residents, bona fide or authentic.

But the indunas' views are widely shared among the less sophisticated hostel residents, who told me time and again that they were victimized simply for being Zulu.

It is hugely significant as it means the exemptions for 26 - 35 year olds from the single room rate will only apply for some homeless hostel residents.

One hostel resident broke several bones when he jumped from a window to escape the flames.