Special Report Transcript Episode 46, Section 1, Time 00:17

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has often been criticized for being strong on the truth but weak on the reconciliation part of its mandate, but last Sunday gave us a glimpse of the kind of real reconciliation that is happening. Police captain Brian Mitchell went back to the community he and his men had devastated nine years ago, to look the victims of his actions in the eye. We have a full report on this remarkable visit tonight. We report on the bizarre stories of torture brought to the Parys hearings of the Truth Commission but we also focus on a gross human rights violation of the past that did not involve physical violence: Bantu Education. And we bring you a special appeal from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to soldiers, policemen, guerrillas and self defence units to apply for amnesty in the next six days. Let’s visit the KwaZulu-Natal midlands first. It’s the story of a policeman who will have the blood of his victims on his conscience for the rest of his life, but he was honest and brave enough to go back to the scene of his crime.

Notes: Max du Preez