CHAIRPERSON
Today is the 24th June 1999.  The panel sitting to hear the matter of Mr Mbanjwa and Mr Ndaba consists of the same persons that have been sitting here since Monday.  Before we commence with the application of Mr Mbanjwa and Mr Ndaba, we would like to get an explanation from Ms Thabethe why this Committee has been kept waiting while she was consulting in the presence of the Committee when it was already in sitting because the request that was acceded to by the Chair of this Committee was to enable her to consult whilst Mr Wills was on his way to this venue.  Can she advance any reason why she continued to consult, notwithstanding the fact that the Committee had already taken its seat to commence with these proceedings?