41.   Botha says the commission is conducting a witch-hunt against Afrikaners, the Dutch-descended white settlers who dominated apartheid-era governments.

42.   But his words were ignored by land-hungry white settlers.

43.   Civilians who have sought refuge in Zambia are believed to include French-speaking white settlers from eastern Congo, according to Zambian news reports Tuesday.

44.   Chrisnacht said he was encouraged by a moderation of white settler attitudes, with many hardline anti-independence partisans now accepting Kanaks as members of provincial and national government.

45.   He also moved quickly to legislate greater land rights for aborigines and sponsored moves for racial reconciliation, two centuries after white settlers first arrived.

46.   He has called the commission a witch hunt against Afrikaners, the Dutch-descended white settlers who governed during apartheid.

47.   He moved quickly to legislate greater land rights for aborigines and sponsored a push for racial reconciliation, two centuries after white settlers first arrived.

48.   He recently insisted he would never appear before it in a move intended to rally Afrikaners, the Dutch-descended white settlers who ruled during apartheid.

49.   He spoke in Afrikaans, the language of the Dutch-descended white settlers of South Africa.

50.   He spoke in both English and Afrikaans, the native tongue of Dutch-descended white settlers who ruled under apartheid and now find themselves a powerless minority.