31.   The panel could decide on options ranging from a statement of condemnation through to the largely symbolic act of suspending Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth.

32.   But it was a purely symbolic act as they cannot be sentenced twice.

33.   Tutu said he told them he intended making a public call for them to undertake symbolic acts in which they asked for forgiveness.

34.   It is a symbolic act performed to humiliate a community, ethnic group or nation.

35.   The ban was seen here as a largely symbolic act since Nigeria is not a traditional market for South African arms.