JOSEPH COCHRAN
Thank you.  The previous night I was one of four Youth Congress members selected as Chief Marshals to co-ordinate the security arrangements for the following day.  We me briefly the following night to plan the security arrangements.  On our arrival at the sports grounds, the north end sports grounds at the time, we noticed there were Security Police within the grounds.  We met briefly and since I was the only Chief Marshall that accompanied the other marshals, it was decided that I should approach the few, of the marshals and ask them to leave or what were their reasons for their presence within the sports grounds since it was the launch of the Buffalo Flats Youth Congress.
 They tried to be nice with sweet words, but we told them straight away that no, we know the reasons for your presence, but we would like you to leave, but they were adamant to leave and we pursued the cause to insist that they should leave.  They eventually did.  We inspected the sports grounds and found that there were no electricity supply.  We spoke to one of the neighbours and which, who agreed to assist us to supply us with electricity until we had made some other arrangements.  We did that, but we were constantly harassed, wanted to gate-crash the events before it took place.  We prevented them and it was decided that I should be posted at the main entrance with some other marshals.  
 We were approached by this guy, Venter, and he told me that he was still hanging up the flag of the ANC.  He told me if we are busy arranging a terrorist meeting or a gathering, he told me that that is nonsense.  You can see there is the Buffalo Youth Congress flag next to the SAYCO flag.  That is the ANC flat.  He says, yes, but you are supporting every banned organisation.  He said the ANC are a banned organisation, but the ANC flag were never banned before and we asked, we argued and he left.  He came back with more security policemen.  Eventually we went outside with them and argued with them and Hinsa Siwisa arrived and he asked me what the problem was.  I explained to him and he interfered.  Eventually they left and said that, yes, but they are watching us.  
 In the meantime we organised a generator in case they harassed, a neighbour who supplied us with electric supply.  Our guests speakers arrived, but we were constantly harassed.  A police guest speaker arrived.  He wanted to gate-crash and force their way into the sports grounds, but because of the guys posted outside the stadium we were notified beforehand.  We prevented them from entering the gates and we were approached by a certain Colonel.  He was wearing uniform at the time.  He approached me and asked me my surname, my name.  I told him that as far as I am concerned, you are supposed to identify yourself, because ...