BONGANI FINCA
Lastly Chairperson, Mr Meyer you are held in very high respect by a number of South Africans for the role that you have played in the transition of this country, and there is a sense, if the Chairperson find the comment unacceptable, there is a sense in which we expect slightly more from you.  It's really very sad for me to get a sense that you are saying there is not an iota of accountability that should be attributed to the South African Government for this loss of life, when in fact it is common knowledge that very many responsible people in this region in particular, one of those persons is here in this hall, he has just come in, Bishop David Russel, wrote letters of appeal to you, pleading with your government not to continue your support for the dictatorship that was continuing in Ciskei pointing out exactly to what ultimately happened, and how the South African Government decided to nurse an ally in EAST LONDON HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE
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Codesa at the expense of human lives.  Is there no sense 
altogether in your heart that the South African Government had a level of negligence on this matter, given the benefit of hindsight?