MR CLAASSEN
Thank you Madam Chair.  Specifically in this regard, I think the inference can be drawn to the fact that there was no clear distinction between party politics, that being the fight between the ANC and the IFP, and the fight which extended perhaps to the work place between FAWU and UWUSA.  It was clearly a political quarrel.
	Madam Chair, in this regard, as far as the political objective is concerned, it is my submission that I think it has been satisfactorily indicated that there was a very express political motive behind this crime.
	Madam Chair, as far as full disclosure is concerned, it is so that in a court of law, the accused had been, the applicant, at that stage the accused, had been convicted of a crime, and in the capacity of not a conspirator, but the one who actually committed the crime.
	This necessarily raises some questions, and I think the applicant answered to some of these questions in saying that what had happened that day, he had several reasons for it, in that he wanted to protect some people, but he also concluded by saying that the evidence given before this Committee in his application, is the actual truth.
	Madam Chair, based on those submissions, I am also of the opinion that the applicant did disclose his actual role, I think it goes further in his saying that had he been asked to do so, he would have.
	I think that might indicate that not the intention of a person who wants to hide anything from this Commission.  Madam Chair, if I may just as far as the proportionality is concerned, it is true that this was a very serious crime indeed, but I think it also follows from the evidence surrounding this particular meeting, that the accused said that according to his version, there was a not trying to exaggerate but the impression was created by him, that there was almost a running battle between the Ratanda hostel, the Ratanda residence and this also extended to his work place, between FAWU and UWUSA members.  
	He said that he felt threatened on a daily basis, and on that particular Monday, he said that he felt his life was threatened, when he was pointed.  I stand to be corrected, I think he also said that it was said to him that he was going to be killed.
	Madam Chair, he said that it was decided that drastic measures should be taken and it was decided to bomb the bus and it was also clearly stated why this decision was taken.  He said that they wanted to increase the support of the IFP to the detriment of the ANC.
	Madam Chair, as far as the merits of this application is concerned, and the applicant's worthiness or the value of his testimony, it is true that it was often asked of him to clearly explain himself on some of the very elaborate answers he gave to I believe, fairly simple questions.
	Madam Chair, as I said, it would be naive to say that he was a very, he was an outstanding witness.  It is however my submission, and I think he was truthful and tried to answer the questions to the best of his ability.
	Madam Chair, in conclusion, it would be my humble submission before this Committee that taken into account, the value of his testimony, it is my submission that I think the applicant should be believed in the truthfulness of his application.
	As such, should the merits warrant it, we are still as I explained or tried to convey with this doctrine of common purpose, the question remains that which the applicant in his viva voce evidence gave before this Commission and that which was actually applied for, is not in the same context.  It is my submission that this could be remedied if the inference is drawn that although not convicted as a conspirator or a co-perpetrator, the accused, once again the applicant, in his criminal case, might have received the same sentence.
	In this regard, I would like the Committee to view it as such, that he clearly states his involvement and the fact that he reconciled himself with what was going to happen, that he was also a perpetrator of this crime, and as such fall under the ambit of the granting of amnesty.
	I therefore request this Honourable Commission to consider his application as such.