MR HATTINGH
Mr Chairman, I agree with you, a prospective accused should be safeguarded against incriminating himself in respect of prosecution.   That's not what we have here today.   We have a person, an applicant, who's already been convicted on these charges, and he in fact comes to this hearing, in essence he tells us, "Yes, although I did perhaps pleaded not guilty at the time" and I, for reasons  which was peculiar to him at the time of the trial, decided not to tell the truth, but in any event today he accepts responsibility for those actions.   So there's no further possibility or danger of criminal trials and further disadvantages for this particular applicant.