Special Report Transcript Episode 56, Section 3, Time 16:33

The 25th of August 1993 starts out as an ordinary day in Cape Town, but the townships around the city are in a state of political tension as a result of student and teacher protests. On this day, PASO the PAC’s Students’ Organisation is re-launched at Langa High. Fiery political speeches are made by local PAC leaders; emotions run high. After the meeting a large crowd ends up in the nearby township of Gugulethu. Meanwhile American Fulbright student, Amy Biehl who worked as a researcher at the University of the Western Cape is driving through Gugulethu giving three black colleagues a lift home. Then the white woman is spotted by the enflamed group and two worlds collide. At the end of sustained stoning and stabbing, Amy Biehl is dead.

Notes: Gugulethu township; Student / teacher protests; ‘Shoot the settler’

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