12 spectators. There is no evidence to support the allegation by the accused that the school children encircled her to block her way so that they all assaulted her. Even the accused never claimed that anyone else other than the deceased, attacked her. The suggestion that there were four big girls amongst others who wanted to assault the accused, is false. It is therefore totally rejected. For the accused to succeed in her claim that she acted in self defence, there must be evidence showing this court that her life was in imminent danger. R v MIYA AND OTHERS 1966 (4) SA 274. The accused has claimed that the deceased delivered a fist blow, but the accused dodged that blow. In other words, the deceased missed her. The deceased was ready to deliver the second fist blow when the accused stabbed her. According to the accused the deceased was not armed. Evidence of all the witnesses who were there as the fight started and ended, supports that allegation that the deceased was not armed. Even if the court accepts the allegation that the deceased was the aggressor, and that she attacked the accused first by hitting her with a bare hand be it fisted or open, the accused is obliged in law to repel the attack with more or less the same measure. By resorting to the use of a dangerous weapon in order to repel an attack by the deceased who was according to the accused using bare hands, was