CHAIRPERSON
Mrs Matabatho, thank you for coming and thank you for telling us about the incident concerning your brother.  Again, it is one of those shooting incidents as I have said earlier, the Commission deals with scores of this kind of situation where armed members of the security forces act against civilian people who are, as in this case, unarmed.  Obviously using force out of all proportion to the situation that they have to contend with.
 We have noted the pain that you experienced in relating this to us.  You have also touched upon another theme that features in the cases that we hear. Something that emphasises how vulnerable women were in this whole crazy unreal situation that we have experienced.  It is in our experience, through these hearings, something that is often and for understandable reasons, not spoken about.  But we know that there was a large element of violation of a sexual nature that was perpetrated on women.  You have touched upon that sort of situation.  Often we forget the sacrifices that women have had to make in the conflict of the past.  We thank you for bringing that again on the agenda.  
 We have listened to your evidence.  We sincerely hope
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that it will eventually be possible for you to somehow put this incident and the pain that goes with it, behind your back, and that you would be able to carry on and lead a normal life.   Thank you for coming.  We appreciate it very much.