COMMISSIONER
Thank you, Mrs Khumalo.  You have given us a very vivid picture of what life was like for you in the 1980s, and your story is very typical of the events of that time, where people were assaulted, murdered, or had their houses burnt down because of their support for the UDF, or because one or some of their children belonged to the UDF.  And the reaction of the police which you have described to us is also very typical.  The police refused to come to the assistance of UDF members and, worse, they often participated in the attacks.  You have suffered a lot.  The image which we have of you sitting on a roadside in your nightdress next to your burned house will stay with us for a long time, and it is wonderful to see that you have the strength and courage to come and repeat your story to us today, and we are sorry that at the end of this long tale of misfortunes that your son was brutally killed.  As Mrs Gcabashe has said, it is our job to make  recommendations to the Government as to how you, or people like you, should be assisted, and we will be making