CHAIRPERSON
Thank you, Ezekiel, and thank you, Mrs Mmolawa for coming today.  Thank you for sharing that story with us.  We know there was a time in our country when people were charged, youngsters, particularly were charged with public violence and thrown into jail.  And that a lot of things were done to them and many of them bear the scars of that today. In your case, Ezekiel, has a problem with his ear, which will probably be there for a very, very long time.  It is the legacy of the past that we have actually gone through.
 What is disquieting however, is that we rely on certain institutions to protect us, and the fact that were nameless and faceless people who came into your homes,  into your communities and who took police away, means that it is very, very difficult for us to understand why these things happened in that particular way.  But one of the jobs that we have to do, is to make sure that people are never able to act in that way again, that if they come to your home to take you away, they must have the proper documentation and they must have the proper authorisation to do these things.  Part of the job in our country is rebuilding all these structures.
KLERKSDORP HEARING TRC/GAUTENG
12 M MMOLAWA
 Your story shows that lots of things happened which even we don't really know about.  We will try to see what can be done about Ezekiel's ear, but thank you for sharing that with us.
KLERKSDORP HEARING TRC/GAUTENG