MR RORICH
I submit that the application for amnesty should be successful in this matter.  The reason for that is being that the abduction was done under the orders from either Myeza, or Col Taylor, this was elicited in evidence.  The political objectives sought by the applicant abducting the deceased was in furtherance of the objectives of his commanding officers, being the maintainers of the security of the Government of South Africa and the action was against a possible enemy of the state at that time.
	The abduction clearly falls in the context of the struggles of the past.  I think this is beyond dispute.  There has been full disclosure on all the aspects.  This is confirmed by the other applicants who acknowledge the abduction by the askaris and Mrs Ninela herself who confirms the applicant's version in that the applicant was at the house, he did drop off a note.  Even the contents of the note were verified.  That was the meeting in Pinetown.  There was doubt as to the time, but I submit that's irrelevant for the purposes.
	The applicant's version of the drop-off point of the abducted person, Blessing Ninela in Port Shepstone, the other applicants refer to that as a shooting range.  The other applicants also confirm that Mr Mwelase was not a member of the team that murdered Blessing Ninela.  In actual fact they confirm that he wasn't there at all.
	Mr Chairperson, with all due respect, Mr Mwelase hasn't changed in any meaningful aspect.  The applicant was an employee of the state, even if that was under the auspices of the Security Police as it was then.  It is clear that the applicant had no autonomy of his own and acted under orders.  He verified it was either Col de Kock at one stage which is ... (indistinct) for these purposes, or Col Taylor and in fact the applicant never knew of the death of Col Taylor until now.  Even though the applicant may not have believed it was legal, he nevertheless believed that it was with authority and therefore in the course of his duty.  In actual fact if he didn't do it, he knew what the consequences of that would be due to his experience with the Security Forces.