CHAIRPERSON
Good morning, we want to start the proceedings.  For the record, it is Wednesday the 1st of September 1999, it is a sitting of the Amnesty Committee at Durban.  It's presided over by myself, Denzil Potgieter, I'm assisted by Adv de Jager and Mr Sibanyoni.  We will be hearing the amnesty applications of Nicholas Johannes Vermeulen, the reference AM4358/96 and that of Almond Butana Nofomela, reference AM0064/96. 	Just for the record, I'm going to ask the legal representatives to place themselves on record.  We'll start with you, Mr Ramawele.