MS KOOVERJEE
Sorry, Mr Chairperson.
MR PEARCE
"I am presently employed as a security officer for the African National Congress and still a member of the ANC.
		I have been convicted of all the acts/operations that I seek amnesty on and have served an effective sentence of three years, six months.
		During the course of operations I acted as a combatant with comrade Robert McBride.  Robert and I grew up together in the Wentworth area and we got to know each other well.  As we grew up we became increasingly politicised.  Our people in Wentworth and generally in South Africa were suffering.  There was either no education or very poor education, jobs were scarce.  Many of the comrades in my area who suffered as I did, shared the same political perception and we generally met in Ogal Road on numerous occasions and held discussions about our plight."