MR KOOPEDI
You have to a very large extent, taken by address to you.  I will nevertheless proceed and please bear with me where I repeat what you have said Chairperson.
	The first applicant stood in a position of authority to all the other three applicants.  He was their mentor and their commander and their involvement in the killing of Sicelo was merely following an order issued by their commander.
	As for the last two applicants, the ones you have just referred to Chairperson, on the day in question, they were just phoned by their immediate commander who ordered them to be on standby and soon thereafter, he came and fetched them, taken them to a place which was familiar to them, a place which they had used for meetings previously.
	According to the evidence before you, within a minute of their arrival at this place, Sicelo was shot.  It was only after that event, that a brief explanation was given to them by their Overall commander and were further ordered to keep this matter a secret.
	No action on their part, could have spared Sicelo's life.  At no time, in their presence, was Sicelo's execution ever mentioned.  However, in the light of the information furnished to them by their Overall commander, the order issued to keep this matter a secret and their subsequent elaborate cover up, they associate themselves with this killing.  It is purely on those basis that they apply for amnesty for the killing of Sicelo Dhlomo and come before you.
	The second applicant, I believe his situation is also not very different.  He was also told by his commander that Sicelo was a police informer, shown some broken device and told it was a transmitter, a radio transmitter and it was on the spot decided by the commander, that is the first applicant, that Sicelo must be executed.
	It was as you were told, not a joint decision.  From the moment this decision was made, all the relevant disclosures before you, with regard to the second applicant, his going to fetch the other two and the pulling of the trigger, indicate that he was also merely following orders.
	The first applicant, his situation is somewhat different and perhaps problematic.  If there is any blame to be laid, this blame may be put at his door, and perhaps I should briefly deal with the problems.
	The first thing I want to deal with his whether the applicant was empowered by his organisation, to make such a drastic decision.  If one looks at the fact that he was a commander, instructed to form a Unit and arm these Units for operations against the government, this will lead us to whether he needed approval or to act on orders with regard to matters of safety of his cells or Units.
	I respectfully submit that his mission into the country, carried an implied mandate that he should at his discretion act in the best interest of his Unit, in terms of protecting them, and possibly to kill if this will ensure the safety of his activities.