MR NTSEBEZA
Thank you Mr Chairman.  Mrs Mfeti, before we begin I would merely like to add to what the Chairperson of the Commission has said.  And as an opening statement to relax you we would like you to know that today the people of EAST LONDON  HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
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South Africa and the whole world would like to hear you, perhaps for the first and the last time how your life has been, being the wife, the lover, the partner of a man, who almost a decade away, just disappeared from the face of the earth.  These people who are gathered here and the whole world will be watching your testimony.  We would like you to tell in your own words what it has been like, your hopes an your despairs, your moments of encouragement if there had been any and your moments of disappointment. your high notes and your lowest ebbs, all the emotions that have gone through your body in this decade or so, during which you have had to come to terms with the reality that you will never see your husband again.  And therefore I would like you to be relaxed, to know that this is your moment to tell us in your own words how your life has been in these last harrowing, almost ten years. Do you understand that?  I know that you want to testify in Xhosa and I would merely like you to raise your voice so that all who are here can hear the original version.  Do you understand that?  Are you now ready to testify.  Right.  
 Now I will ask you questions and I hope that when you reply your story will unfold.  Now let's start with this one, we'd first ask you to tell us about yourself, just five minutes, tell us about yourself, who are you, where did you grow up, where did you go to school, where did you meet with this Mfeti, what do you remember about him, what is it that makes you feel very angry when you think about him, very 
shortly, and tell us about the first day hearing about his disappearance, just five minutes, tell us about your feelings.