MR VAN DER MERWE
Ja, well, what he basically said is it was common cause in police circles that if you did not support the government of the day, that you would not be promoted, you would be sidelined. You wouldn't lose your job, you wouldn't stand a chance of financial loss or anything, but obviously the people who will be promoted are the people who are sympathetic to the cause, who is sympathetic to the government of the day, and who does everything they can to promote the government of the day.
	I do not think that the contrary would be true, to say that any person who collaborated with the National Party, or not collaborated, was in the service of the police, and therefore supported the government, stood to make any financial gain out of his actions. It was merely a fact that he was doing his job and doing what he believed in.