Colonel Shole

Colonel Jacob admits he is constrained by lab protocol not to contact other labs directly unless directed by Amanzimtoti lab.

“I know Colonel Shole from Pretoria. In the Western Cape, I know nobody. So the formalized process is ... If they directed us to say Western Cape has got a place for your disposal, you may take it there. That would have been okay.”

Colonel Jacob identifies Colonel Shole in Pretoria lab as a liaison officer who is not the final decision maker on exhibit disposal.

“I know he is one of the officers there that would normally tell us,... bring up for disposal, destruction, we have got place for you, send your exhibits here. So he was our liaison person...”