Media reports have speculated that the commission , which is trying to heal the wounds of apartheid by confronting the past , could subpoena apartheid-era President P.W. Botha and former police generals Basie Smit and Johan Van Der Merwe .
<response> Media reports have speculated that the commission , which is trying to heal the wounds of apartheid by confronting the past , could subpoena apartheid-era President <person>P.W. Botha</person> and former police generals <person>Basie Smit</person> and <person>Johan Van Der Merwe</person> . </response>