CHAIRPERSON
We were all very frightened that night, unable to comprehend what had happened.   I later learnt that Jan had been awake when just after midnight she heard our father go to answer the front door.   He had asked, "Who's there?" several times, and when he received no reply, he had walked into our bedroom and drawn back the curtains to look out onto the stoep.   It was then that the shot was fired.   Jan saw the flash, watched our father fall in the doorway of our room.  He then picked himself up and ran into the livingroom, where he fell again.   This time he didn't get up and it was there that I found him a few minutes later.