MR VAN BREDA
Yes thank you Mr Chairperson.  In short I would just like to emphasise the fact that the date being the 3rd and the 4th February was only given to us on Tuesday the 1st February and it's my submission that no one on such short notice can make the necessary arrangements in time.  Furthermore, an aspect that the Committee has already touched is, to prepare for an application of this nature is not done in an hour or even three hours.  It takes at least six to eight hours to prepare everything.  There are several decisions to be made, for example whether an affidavit should be drawn up, the applicant read it out, whether there should not be an affidavit, the scene has to be visited etc., etc.  So that is why I'm raising this issue is that I cannot see and this has been an instruction from my client as well but I suggested that possibility to him that another legal representative might be appointed, but the problem remains as far as preparation is concerned, that there's not sufficient time and it's further my submission that although Mr Gonya or they have been looking for him for quite some time, he is present and he should also be afforded the opportunity to prepare properly.  It is unfortunate that he could not be located, where he stays now there is literally no means of reaching him and it is indeed correct that he heard from someone else that the Bisho Massacre or that he has been looking by TRC or the TRC is looking for him and that is indeed correct that he contacted my offices on Monday, the 31st, that was in fact the first time that I came in touch with the applicant, but the fact of the matter is the nature of this application is of such it will take quite a long time to prepare properly and even though if another legal representative should be appointed it's still my submission that Mr Gonya should be afforded the opportunity to prepare properly and that will take a lot of time and therefore I was wondering whether this application was in any event, be finalise in one day because from experience these applications take longer than one tends to imagine and we all know that from experience so I don't think from the documents in my possession that this application will be finalised in one day and as Mr Chairperson has said that he should also have the opportunity to cross-examine the first applicant should there be a conflict for example and those are all aspects that I'll ask the Committee to take into consideration when making a decision.  Thank you Mr Chairperson.