COMMISSIONER
Thank you very much for coming in today.  What you have told us sounds very familiar.  We have heard  /many other
many other stories like yours in other parts of the country, and these stories have never been told before.  You never hear stories like yours on television or in the newspaper or on radio, and that's why it's very important that you have come to tell your story here in a public place like this.  It's very important that we have a description of what life was like in those years of conflict, so that we never ever forget what life was like for people like you, who struggled against an unjust system.  And of the co-operation that you've told us that existed between the police and political parties.  In this case you have described very close co-operation between the police and the IFP.  And that sort of thing has happened in many other places.  We've heard stories like that, where the police have detained people and have taken them to areas where they know they will be very badly dealt with, assaulted or killed.  In this case you and your friend, Bongani, were taken to an IFP area, and you were very lucky to escape with your life.  And it seems that Bongani was no as lucky as you.  He was brutally killed, and his body was burned.  So again that's why it's important that you have come today to tell us here, the public, in front of television, to tell us what happened in those days so that when we write our report stories like that go into the report, and we - and the generations that come after us are all the more determined that those sorts of things should never ever happen again in this country.
We will try to investigate what happened to Bongani, and who was responsible for what happened to him.  That will be very difficult, but we will make an effort to do that, and we will also make contact with these police and ask them why they did what they did, and ask them to give an account of themselves.
So we thank you again very much for coming in.  We wish you well in the future.  We hope that you are able to succeed with your ambitions, one day become a lawyer, and spend your life protecting the rights and interests of other people.  Thank you very much for coming in to see us.