ADV STEENKAMP
Thank you, Mr Chairman. If I may just be permitted to a few questions and place some
information regarding the deceased on record. My information is that the deceased's full names was Lucas Tshendo, sorry, Sitwala. At the time of the incident, the time of his death he was 24 years old, and indeed he was a policeman, a municipal policeman, Mr Chairman. Furthermore, Mr Chairman, I may just point out to you for your record purposes, a full detailed statement was taken from Mrs Beatrice Sitwala, who is present here today, which appears on page 69 to 85 in the bundle. Furthermore, there was also a public hearing held on this matter and further testimony was taken down from Mrs Sitwala, which appears on page 87 to 90. My instructions from Mrs Sitwala is, Mr Chairman, that at this moment she is not opposing the amnesty application, but she needs - I will ask a few questions on her behalf regarding the actual killing of the deceased, if that will be permitted.
	Mr Bekebeke, the family, and specifically the mother of the deceased, would like to know why it was necessary at all to kill the deceased, first of all. Secondly, was there not other avenues or ways to prevent the killing or to resolve this problem in this specific township except by killing the deceased.