MR DLAMINI
14B/15 treason trial held in Pietermaritzburg and whilst being Judge President he encouraged a liberal approach, which was different from the other provincial divisions of this country during the mid-1980s, during the height of oppression.  And one recalls in Pietermaritzburg, in particular, many interdicts were granted against the warlords of that region and liberal interpretations of the harsh, repressive legislation were given by certain judges in this province and this eroded a lot into the apartheid thinking and the apartheid jurisprudence.  This was obviously unacceptable to those in power and Judge Milne, being the brilliant and the kind person that he came across as, was conveniently, in our opinion, promoted, as it were or called to higher office and was taken to the Appellate Division, where he was made an Appellate Division Judge and in the Appellate Division he was neutralised with about 11 to 15 judges with a Chief Justice that was unsympathetic to the cause of the people and, in effect, that was the end of Judge Milne in terms of the influence that he could have brought to bear on the judiciary of this country and he was not heard of again until his death.  After Judge Milne had left - again this highlights how the judiciary were manipulated - another judge, who was next in line for appointment, was a person who was perceived to be of the similar liberal type.  He was overlooked for appointment as Judge President, very deliberately, and a judge whose reputation as a person - as a system person - and this was an amendment I had made to my earlier document, please - whose reputation as a system person preceded him, was appointed Judge President and in this province the status quo was restored again.