RUSSELL ALLY
Mr Coetzer, again thank you very much for coming to the Commission and thank you for being so forthright in your opinions.  It's clear that you did suffer a very horrific physical injury and as a young person, in the prime of your life it must be very hard.  I think that for all of us here on the panel it is quite inspirational in many ways to hear how you have actually coped.  The fact that you display almost no bitterness, that your plea is for genuine remorse, for forgiveness for reconciliation, to move away from the bitterness of the past, from the divisions of the past.  I think that for us in the Commission it's always very reassuring when victims can display that kind of attitude and that willingness to want to contribute towards reconciliation because I'm sure you must know that the Truth Commission often gets quite a rough ride in that we're accused of ... divisions, of being biased.  So it's very heartening for us when victims come forward and speak in this way and actually also applaud the process which the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is engaged in.  From all of us in the panel, thank you very much for coming and for sharing your experience with us.