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Brigadier N Y Swa found it very difficult to voice suspicion or be direct about their concerns regarding General Senona, fearing repercussions.
“Commissioners , it was very difficult for me .”
Brigadier N Y Swa feared expressing suspicion of General Senona because it might put their life in danger.
“If I say this , then people will say I am suspecting someone , then my life is in danger .”
Brigadier N Y Swa admitted they should have mentioned their suspicion or scepticism earlier but only did so late on.
“I think , Commissioners , I should have mentioned this .”
Brigadier N Y Swa doubted the information that the safe could not be accessed without a key.
“I did not know whether I had the right information or not ... Information that the safe could not be accessed without ...”
Brigadier N Y Swa said the instruction to take exhibits to Port Shepstone was General Senona's but based on an initial suggestion made by Brigadier N Y Swa.
“you instructed Colonel Prinsloo ... it was General Senona's instruction ... you made a suggestion ... it was then General Senona's instruction that the exhibits be taken there”
Brigadier N Y Swa emphasized the distinction between merely making a suggestion and an instruction coming from General Senona, indicating their continued involvement in the process.
“I said it because when I suggested , he agreed and then it became instruction ... You are merely the purveyor of an instruction from General Senona .”
Brigadier N Y Swa admitted that their language choice in denying having instructed Colonel Prinsloo was conscious and deliberate.
“Yes I deny Colonel Prinsloo's allegation that I instructed him ... you even put instructing in inverted commas . So it is a conscious , conscious use of language .”
Brigadier N Y Swa has never seen the door to the DPCI offices and is currently under precautionary suspicion.
“I have been there I have never seen the door. But maybe I can ask. It is just that now I am put on precautionary suspicion.”
Brigadier N Y Swa never told General Senona that the safe was unbreachable and could only be opened with a key, even though asked.
“When you suggested to General Senona ... did you mention to him that that safe was unbreachable and could only be opened with a key? ... No, Commissioner. I think I was also asked that question and I never.”