Special Report Transcript Episode 22, Section 2, Time 11:18

Those convicted on the basis of common purpose and sent to death row say their lives will never be the same. // The death sentence does not only hurt the person who is to hang. Firstly it hurts your family. It kills you twice, it kills you psychologically. By the time they hang you, you are no longer the same person you once were. It’s just your heart that beats. With strong words I must say I do not agree with the death sentence. It can be any person… I mean this not only for the ANC and for comrades. It can be an AWB man who does something like go and shoot people like Barend Strydom did or any other person. Because I speak from experience. It was not something I read in the papers or heard about. The death sentence is totally wrong.

Notes: Delmas Treason Trial, April 1989; Xolile Yona (Upington 26)

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