HENRY JACOBUS STEYN
At the time of the incident I was a detective warrant officer in the South African Police and at that stage stationed at Murder and Robbery, Empangeni.  In March 1977 I joined the Police and completed my basic training in 1981.  Certain of my tasks as a police officer, as set out in the Police Act, were inter alia the following - investigation of crimes, maintenance of law and order, combating of terrorism and preservation of internal security and peace.	During my police career I also underwent the following courses, riot control and counter-insurgency training.
	The ANC/PAC/UDF and other liberal organisations were at that stage banned and were regarded by the government of the day as terrorists and the government wanted to suppress these organisations.  Part of my task as a policeman was to combat onslaughts by the ANC and other banned organisations.
	The one deceased relevant in this application was a well-known ANC figure and the leader of a gang, which according to information consisted of a group of 50 people.  This gang had links with a large number of acts of terrorism and it included the following crimes, 21 charges of murder, 35 charges of attempted murder, arson, public violence, armed robbery, housebreaking and theft.  All these crimes were aimed and directed at members of the IFP, members of the Security Police and White people.
	The area in which all these incidents took place was also declared as an unrest area.  Since members of the ANC and other liberal organisation were regarded as terrorists and were also therefore our enemies ...(intervention)