MR HATTINGH
Mr Chairman, yes ... Mr Chairman, if you will just bear with me for one moment.  Thank you Mr Chairman.  Mr Chairman, I have now taken instructions and I will request a postponement of this matter until Thursday this week, to enable me to prepare for this matter.
	I may just add that Mr Bellingan's attitude is that he is very happy about the developments, he is concerned that this hearing will not be completed by the end of next week and he doesn't want the matter to carry on indefinitely.  The basis on which I ask or I put this request for a postponement of the matter until Thursday is that I did receive instructions last week Wednesday, after the withdrawal of Adv Du Plessis.
	During the course of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I received documentation running to approximately 6000 to 7 000 pages and although I initially thought that I would be in a position to prepare fully and be ready to proceed today, it transpired that I was in fact not ready and that it will still take further time to prepare myself for this matter.
	When I make the request that the matter stand down until Thursday, I do so on the presumption that I will be able to read through all the papers and in fact prepare myself fully to pursue this matter on Thursday.
	Mr Bellingan asked me and I can obviously expect this Committee also to ask for me whether I can give any guarantee as to whether I will be ready to proceed on Thursday, whether I would be fully prepared.  I am not in a position to give this guarantee as much as I would like to do so, and I cannot give this guarantee, however, I think that three days would give me adequate time to prepare myself and to be ready on Thursday.
	However, added to that, should it happen that I am not ready on Thursday, the instructions of client are that in those circumstances, I will then have to withdraw as his Advocate and his representative in the matter, and he will then seek the indulgence of representing himself with the assistance of some for of legal representative or person to assist him in this matter.
	The bottom line, or the gist of that is that should I not be ready to proceed on Thursday, then there will be no further time wasted and the matter will be proceeded with, but then Mr Bellingan will represent himself.
	If there is anything in particular that your Committee would like me to further explain about my position or Adv Du Plessis' position, I would gladly do so to the extent that I am instructed with the particulars thereof, but at this stage I can merely say that I am not ready to proceed and I need at least until Thursday to enable myself to prepare myself for this hearing.  Thank you Mr Chairman.