FERDINAND BARNARD
No, Honourable Chairperson, I was not allowed to do it, and apart from that I, because Mr Omar was a high profile person in the media, I read about him a lot.  Amongst others, that I can recall independently now, that there was a story that he had close contact with the Mandela family, that he knew Nelson Mandela and that he had UDF connections, but I had no information that I verified myself.