Apart from the viva voce evidence and statements of the witnesses who appeared before the Commission, the affidavits and unsworn statements made by others who did not appear in person before it, and several video tapes in respect of extracts from news reports, some amateur documentaries and a documentary titled Death of Apartheid by Allister Sparks, the Commission was referred to, had access to and took cognisance of the following papers, theses and documents: