CHAIRPERSON
I would like to comment on a matter that has been brought to my attention, that is an article which apparently appeared in the Sowetan yesterday.  The headline of which reads:
"Informers to be named - TRC"
As anyone who has listened to what went on at the hearing would know, no such ruling has been made.  In fact the Amnesty Committee has in the past ruled against the naming of informers as such.  What did take place here was a discussion as to what the persons, whether the persons referred to in the evidence should be named or not, in that they played a more active part than informers did, legal arguments heard and then we then reserved on the question.  We did however, indicate that we thought it desirable that the persons who might be named should be informed of the fact so that if they wished to make representations through lawyers or on their own behalf, they could do so and it was in this connection that we asked Mr Visser to ask Mr Botha to make contact with them, which he apparently could, to inform them of this.  To make sure that the information was as accurate as possible, we requested his attorney, Mr Wagenaar, to in fact undertake to inform the persons concerned of precisely what the legal position was and he indicated, very properly in our view, that he would advise them, that in the event of their wishing to obtain the services of an independent lawyer arrangements could be made and the matter has gone no further, there has been no ruling made, nor as far as I am aware, any indication that such a ruling is going to be made, that the persons concerned in this hearing should be named.  It was a matter that we have to consider and decide on in the light of the legal argument advanced to us as well as in applying the question of public interest because enquiries of this nature are somewhat different from ordinary trials and it may well be that different tests are applied.  That is a matter which will have to be considered and it is totally wrong to say that any ruling has been made that the informers will be named at the present time.