BONGANI FINCA
Thank you.  I think that is the very first time in this area in this hearings of the Eastern Cape that we are listening to the testimonies of the people of your age, more specially Mxolise who is only 15 years old.
 We normally listen to the elderly people, it is for the first time that we are listening to young people, a young person like Mxolisi.
 That has actually touched us.  We thank God that He has
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protected you that you didn't die that day.  As we are looking at you, we think about a lot of children who are like you, who were not so fortunate to be alive.  Young boys and girls who never escaped like you.
 We wish you all the best in your lives.  You have seen great things at a tender age in a country where the elderly people are shooting the children.  In other countries the people say that children must be protected, given love and cared for.  In this country the elderly men are shooting the children of your age, saying that they are protecting themselves, saying that they are maintaining law and order.
 We have a wish if it is possible, that you can grow up and the careers that you would like to pursue in life, that should also happen.  In Ventersdorp, you would be the leaders, you have seen many great things at a tender age.
 We thank you for coming to the Commission.  Your wish that you would like to see these people getting punished, we have noted it.  My wish is that those people one day should see, they should go to Ventersdorp and they should take a closer look at you and say we apologise for nearly destroying your lives.  Thank you.