SINANGWENYE AKA NTSHETHA
Madam Chair, whilst I understand your concern that it seems to indicate that whilst the applicant alleged that he was following orders in so far as the murder of the victim, the concern arises, if he followed the orders to that extent, how is it that a collective decision was made in so far as the releasing of the victim without taking instructions from the Commander as such.  Madam Chair, I must therefore once again submit that whilst the group may have collectively decided, it is my submission that the group themselves still needed that ratification and being the Commander, at that point he would either decide yes, the victim be released, or no, the victim would not be released.  It is evident and from the evidence led by Mr Ntshetha, he at that point decided that they may be right and I would release them, indicating that he still had the final say and the group would in any event have to listen to what he says.  To draw Madam Chair's attention to the point that when the victim was released, the Commander issued an instruction to apprehend the victim once again and sent out three of the present to apprehend the victim and bring him back, where the concerns were raised that he's going to now alert the others as to what had happened.