CHAIRPERSON
Good morning.  We want to start the proceedings, for the record it is Wednesday the 20th of October 1999.  It is a hearing, a continuation of the sitting of the Amnesty Committee in Cape Town.  The Panel is constituted as has been indicated on the record earlier.   The application before us this morning is that of Derek Grootboom, reference number AM5868/97.  Mr Williams, do you want to put yourself on record, for the applicant?