BERNARD MAKGABO NGOEPE
... the applicants are lying with regard to the discovery of the diary, of what significance would be that lie?  It may be that they introduced that aspect as an attempt to bolster their case, to try and show that the murder was politically motivated because here is somebody with a diary in which he mentions having killed IFP people and the like.  You know they might have unwisely introduced that element with the false hope that it would bolster their case.  But if one finds that they were lying, what damage, if any, can it do to their case?