MRS DE KOKER-NEL
Mr Chair, in paragraph 10 of my affidavit I drew up the affidavit focusing on the facts and I did - particularly in the affidavit but did not in detail set out my injuries.  That which is there is a general statement, it does not say - well, it does not deal particularly with my injuries, that is actually a very general way of saying I was injured.
	What I have experienced is, I spent some time in the ICU, I suffered balance problems and because of that I had to learn to walk again, I had to learn to speak again.  I spent seven months - the rest of 1993, at my parents home to recuperate and I returned to Bloemfontein in 1994.  I wasn't able to work again until 1995.  I lost use of the left part of my body, full uses of which I have not regained and which I probably will never regain.  
	I had a number of operations, some of which included reconstructive surgery.  I still have a shunt in my brain which regulates the pressure in my brain because the fact that there's shrapnel in my brain blocking parts of my brain, so I need pipes in my body to make my brain and the pressure function properly.  I suffer severe pain every day of my life, I can't sleep at night because the nerve ends in my brain were affected to such an extent that it's painful to rest my head against the pillow.  	
	I can't go back to the work I'd done prior to the accident, I had to make a complete career change and even where I work now, it's a struggle.  That is not part of the affidavit but I felt it may be necessary to say that.