CHAIRPERSON
Mr Tembinkosi Tom we thank you for appearing in front of the Commission.  I think that it is not only your testimony that affects us but the way you are, your situation, it affects us because now you are in a wheelchair, you cannot do anything for yourself.  You cannot support your family because of the two men who came to your house.
 We thank  you for coming in front of the Commission because maybe these people want to deny what you have because said.  They might say that all the testimonies are lies, but I think if they can come here and see you they will know that these things happened and they injured people, they murdered people.
 We heard your request and we will try to forward your request to the President of this country.  We promise that we will look into your request, but I want people to know that by appearing in front of the Commission they must not feel ashamed for their involvement in the struggle for liberation.  We are not a court of law because I know people used to deny everything in a court of law.  They would deny being involved in the struggle even if they were found with books of our liberation, they would deny everything because it was a disgrace at that time.  You told us that you were not involved in politics and I want to tell you that it was not a a to be involved in politics.  What we are looking at in this Commission is the cases of people who were injured due to political conflicts.  I don't want you to change your testimony, but I want to clarify that people are used to denying their involvement in political v.  Our main aim in this Commission is to find the truth, the whole truth.  We are not looking at the trial cases.  
 Thank you Mr Tom you may step down.