CHAIRPERSON
We will now call Mr Smuts Ngonyama who is going to give us the political context as a person who was centrally involved in the issues which were happening here in the Border Region.  He was a leader in political organisations and NTO's.  He was also an organising secretary of the Council of Churches.
 We will ask him to give us a short picture of a political context which was prevailing at that time.  Welcome Smuts and thank you for agreeing to do this for us, thank you.