MR VAN DEN BERG
Thank you Mr Chairman, my learned friend, Mr Mpshe.
	We'd respectfully submit then that the application complies with the requirements of the Act, that the formal requirements have been fulfilled.
	Sub-Section 2 deals with what is meant by an act associated with a political objective.  We'd respectfully submit that it is common cause that all four the applicants were members of the ANC, were members of Umkhonto weSizwe and so they would fulfil the requirements of Section 2(a).  They also fulfil the requirements of Section 2(d).  They've each testified insofar as they have knowledge of the mandate given to the unit, primarily from the evidence of the applicant, Masina but they've each confirmed that that was their understanding.
	The act which they were involved in, the act which is before this Committee, was the death of a senior Boputhatswana policeman.  And we would submit to that, that that fulfils the requirements of (d) in that it was an act directed against the state.
	What has been raised through the family of the deceased, was the question of the bona fides of the applicants.  In other words, was this a political act or was this an act for which they received payment, an act on behalf of a rival of the deceased.  We would submit that there is no evidence to support that, there is no evidence whatsoever.
	As we said earlier, they each testified to the mandate, they've each testified to the manner in which the deceased was identified as a legitimate target.  In this regard the evidence of Masango is particularly relevant.  And the person on whose behalf they would purportedly have carried out this private vendetta has denied that.  There is no link whatsoever between Mokobojane and the four applicants.
	Insofar as there may be a question in respect of the involvement of the applicant Potsane, we would submit to that the requirements of 2(f) have been fulfilled.