Special Report Transcript Episode 43, Section 5, Time 23:48

For the families of the victims the pain has never stopped. // I want the government to help me, because it was the government’s agents who killed my son in the first place, it was not thugs, but government employees. Even the hand grenades that were used belonged to the government. // The way they died is very painful. It takes away your happiness. It takes away your peace, every time the memories of the children come back. There’s no tombstone, there’s no flower and worst of all there’s no one who comes forward and admits to the killings. The pain in my heart makes it difficult to go on and tell the story. // This death is no different from that of a dog. When a dog dies it’s not necessary for anyone to come forward and confess to the killing, just like when our kids died. All we know is that they were killed by soldiers, which ones we don’t know. The manner of burial makes them seem like foreigners whose real identity was unknown and because of that the pain and hurt is never ending. I have no father, no mother, no children. I’m basically on my own. // The death of my son has left me very weak and very light, just like a paper. It often brings some illusions, because sometimes I drift off not even knowing what I’m thinking about. Now the Truth Commission is in motion and it appears as if we will finally know who the killers of our children are. // My hope is finished, all my children are dead.

Notes: James Shemane (Victim’s father); Rose Mabunda (Victim’s mother); Josephina Masuku (victim’s mother); Anna Mathebula (Victim’s mother); Salphina Twala-Shemane (Victim’s mother)