SATHYANDRANATH RAGUNANAN MAC MAHARAJ
I have had to postpone a number of appointments today and tomorrow.  I was given a notice that I'm an interested party.  I have come here ready to give evidence but in the course of what has been presented this afternoon, the African National Congress, the Communist party, Vula, myself personally and cadres who were under my direct command have all been implicated so I occupy a position in the African National Congress, I occupied it in the Communist Party and I was a Commander of Vula.  I therefore raise the question firstly whether the Committee will consider allowing me to cross-examine the witnesses because it is right across the board implicated.  The African National Congress is central to this and the portrayal of the African National Congress is central.  How it treats it's members is central.  It's policies are central.  So I would make that request.  Secondly, while I have managed to cancel my appointments for tomorrow, I might not be able to cancel the appointments and go on after late morning Monday, but I think that I am raising this first question in a spirit of co-operation knowing that your search is to find out the actual truth and to find out whether disclosure has been made and whether it is honest disclosure.