Special Report Transcript Episode 26, Section 2, Time 07:50

June, 1986 in Mamelodi. The township a stone’s throw away from the seat of apartheid power, Pretoria. The big men who make and break the laws had just declared a state of emergency across the land. Ten days after the state of emergency ten young men disappeared from Mamelodi. It is known only that they were comrades. Like most black youth at the time they were prepared to do battle against the big men with their mighty powers. Ten years later, this week, their parents heard what had happened to their sons. They were killed by military and police men who did not even know their names. They have become known as the ‘Nietverdiend Ten,’ ‘nietverdiend’ meaning ‘not deserved.’

Notes: Mamelodi; Photos: Ten men, with ID; Mothers at TRC hearing