BOIPATONG HEARING DELAYED

THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee hearing into the 1992 Boipatong massacre was thrown into disarray on Wednesday when a woman who was sexually assaulted in the attack queried the manner of her cross-examination and refused to answer questions. Attorney Rian Strydom fell foul of the committee as he questioned Molete about her sister’s daughter, who was paralysed and is confined to a wheelchair after an attacker hacked her on the head with a machete. Extensive probing caused Molete to break down and she told the committee she would not answer further questions relating to her niece. Strydom also came under fire for producing Molete’s medical report which had not been provided to her counsel.