MR DU TOIT
I think that what eventually happened embarrassed them more, and I think what obviously would have happened if there was this atrocity committed by a policeman outside of what was considered to be acceptable there would have been action, he would have been arrested and he would have been brought before Court, as eventually happened when an independent policeman brought his discretion and decision to bear on the facts.  But I think the subsequent events also demonstrate that there was the stamp of approval.
But let me say immediately that if one looks at the criteria there is no stamp of approval necessary.  Major Terblanche sent the constables there and instructed him to place them at Gabela's because they were going to be used.  My client received an instruction, and what happened afterwards in my view, at worst for my client, tends to confirm that this situation was not totally unacceptable to the authorities at that point in time.  Knowing this, 
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because the senior officer from the head office, the
brigadier, knew about it.  Knowing that my client was promoted to captain in 1991.  It is therefore clear that what happened was not even held against him on the basis that there should not be promotion.
I must also point out that the promotion did not follow the event, so that I don't think one can argue that, objectively seen, there was a seeking of a more senior position, and that he was, let us say, rewarded for what happened.  That certainly is not the position, no.