Special Report Transcript Episode 22, Section 2, Time 01:59

The story of the Upington 26 is one of murder committed in the frenzy of political upheaval. But it is also a lesson in the horror of the death penalty. Although the accused in the Upington 26 murder trial was saved from the gallows, the death row experienced left deep scars on the entire community. It was here that a local policeman Lucas Jacob Sethwala was killed and set alight. Earlier on this day a crowd gathered outside the house of his mother Beatrice Sethwala.

Notes: Pabalelo; Scene of killing