DJ MKHIZE
Chairperson, it is difficult for me to say anything to the community of Esikhawini.  The good thing though is that the community of Esikhawini knows what was going on in this area.  And although other things were done covertly, the community know about them but they just couldn't talk about them at the time because of the situation.
	I indicated or spoke yesterday and tried to convey how committed I am to reconciliation with the members or next of kin of the people that I killed, and also with the community that I traumatised.
	I would like to say this before I go any further: that it should be well known that what is being alleged now, that I have joined the ANC is not true.  They should rather say that now I can see clearly.  They shouldn't say that I have joined the ANC.  Or maybe that what I am saying today is because I have joined the ANC or want to join the ANC.
	I and the other people that are here today, we know it very well that we have killed ANC members and we know how painful that is to the ANC.  We know that there are people who were hurt by what we did to their family members.  Therefore we think that what we are doing here, will enable them to forgive us at some point.
	Our main objective is to let them know what happened to their family members and for them to forgive us, and for us to reconcile.
	Finally I would like to say that mistakes such as these should not happen again in the future.  Our present government should not find itself in the same situation.  And the youth should also not fall into the same trap of being manipulated like myself and be used and exploited by people in positions of authority in the community.  This will help the youth not to fall into such a trap.  It will also help people to forgive us.
	I realize that if I say that I am sorry, or if I say that forgive me, it would be insufficient.  I am as good as having said nothing because that will not bring these people back.  I mentioned yesterday that there are orphans who grow without their fathers, because we are responsible for those people's death.  This is something we'll carry with us to the grave.
	I mentioned yesterday that my apology will not help the families of people like the Mkwana as a family.  It will not help them financially; it will not help them in their socio-economic situation.  We are very hurt and deeply sorry about this.
	We are very committed to seeing justice done.  We are also committed to see that reconciliation takes place.  If it the duty of this Commission to effect reconciliation, we request that the Commission assist us in reconciling with the family members in a proper manner.
	We request that the Commission tries means of contacting the members of the families so that we can speak with them.  We request that if this is possible, the Commission should assist us in doing so.
	It could happen that maybe we have forgotten some things or maybe others we have expressed not in a correct manner, but what we have explained here is what we remember to the best of our ability.  We request the Commission to assist us in achieving reconciliation because I think one of the main objectives of this Commission is reconciliation.
	Thank you.