MAJ MBINA
Thank you very much Mr Chairman, I am Major Mbina.  I was a soldier in the Ciskeian Defence Force when this happened.  First of all I want to make one thing clear.  I was not a colonel, I was only a captain.  I was working under Colonel Mkosana.  I am not going to repeat all that he said but there are just things I want to make clear.  I was also in Jongilanga Crescent with Colonel Mkosana but I was in another car, as there were two cars.  I was on his right.  
 I want to make it clear especially where orders are concerned that the order that I was given was that I should tell, order the people in front of me at Jongilanga Crescent, the people that we were worried about.  The other people that were not at the Jongilanga Crescent were not given orders.  I never gave orders to the rest of the troops.  Therefore I do not know who gave orders at large.  My order was specific and clear and as Colonel Mkosana said, he said minimum force.  What I specified was who exactly should shoot.  The automatic guns and the rifles should not be used, only single shots.
 I know because some people have no respect.  Some people shot, probably shot without having been given orders, knowing that at the end it's the boss that will answer.  That is what I want to make clear.  I also ask for forgiveness.  I empathise with families that lost their members.  I ask forgiveness on behalf of the Ciskeian Defence Force especially those that were involved.  We ask forgiveness.  We will be very glad if the Commission would forgive us.  To the community we ask for forgiveness.