11.   Conservative whites have rallied around Botha, who says the Truth Commission is a witch hunt against apartheid leaders and security forces.

12.   Contentious issues rarely mentioned in efforts to promote reconciliation came up, such as how white businesses collaborated with apartheid leaders.

13.   Cronje and the others are trying to show their actions were the result of orders and indoctrination by apartheid leaders.

14.   Former President P.W. Botha, the last hard-line apartheid leader, has refused to appear.

15.   He also ignored pleas last year by panel chairman Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu that he and other apartheid era leaders should apply for amnesty from the commission.

16.   However, Tutu attacked Botha and other apartheid leaders for covering up crimes during their rule.

17.   It was the first time such high-ranking former apartheid army leaders had been brought before courts to answer for abuses of blacks.

18.   Many blacks are angry that top former apartheid leaders like Botha have avoided testifmony, while popular black leaders such as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had lengthy public hearings.

19.   Many blacks are angry that former apartheid leaders like Botha have avoided testimony, while popular black leaders such as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had lengthy public hearings.

20.   Many blacks are angry that former apartheid leaders like Botha have avoided testimony, while popular black leaders such as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela have had lengthy public hearings.