MR BLACK
If I may reply.  If we talk about changing of poles. My time schedule, initially this matter was - there's the Caprivi Strip matter hearing.  This, I was giving to understand, would be a matter which was going to be slotted in on Thursday.  I then had to reschedule my time to Wednesday and I've made an attempt to be here today.  As I say, the delay I must apologise and I don't want to be - I'm certainly not going to be naming people and colleagues.  The difficulty that I've found myself in is that there is a witness.  I certainly haven't consulted with him.  It's quite correct what Mr Mpshe says, I have consulted with Mr Sambo, the applicant.  The reason why the matter was postponed on the last occasion was simply again that there was no time to hear his application.  As originally scheduled, I'm available tomorrow, I'm available on Thursday and it's simply that, after having discussions with the applicant this morning, and as I've indicated, together with the additional possible witness and his wife, it would, in my respectful submission, not be doing the applicant any justice if we simply proceed with the evidence-in-chief and end up with a part-heard matter or something to that effect.  We all know as lawyers, part-heard matters cause great difficulty in the sense that we've got to get all the parties together again.  I must apologise again for the delay, but I can give the Committee the absolute assurance that it's through no fault of mine and I've attempted to get here.  But as I say, as scheduled, I'm available that Mr Sambo's matter be heard either tomorrow or Thursday, but I also appreciate the fact that there are other matters that have been apparently scheduled now for Wednesday and Thursday.  I have no idea why I'm supposed to have been here today.  I've been attempting to get some explanation as to why at the last minute I had to be here.  So, I would again just apply for a postponement on behalf of Mr Sambo, and it's not just the question of the two page affidavit.  There is a necessity to have a consultation with him.  Thank you.
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