MS MKHIZE
Mr Hlongwane it has been long.  At the moment we can see that you are very tired, but maybe before I talk to you I think it is necessary to remind you, the Commission and those people who are here, especially from the time when you started being harassed.
 On 30 March 1960 a state of emergency was passed.  The Act gave the Minister of Law and Order, Commissioner of the SAP, a magistrate or a commissioned officer the power to detain any person where in their opinion this was desirable for reasons of public safety.  It allowed detention without trial and it authorised any commissioned officer to detain without a warrant any person suspected of political activities and to hold them without access to a lawyer for 90 days.  Under this legislation we have been told that you are one of the first people in South Africa to serve the 90 days in detention. 
 Having said that I would like you to greet the Commission and tell them about yourself and your life that led you to be one of the first people to be detained.