Special Report Transcript Episode 9, Section 3, Time 08:17

Let me introduce you to Jann Turner, daughter of the prominent 1970s activist Dr Rick Turner, who was assassinated in 1978. Jann was with him when he died. // Jann, why did you make this film we’re about to show? // Well, it wasn’t really until 1989 when Jacques Pauw first revealed the death squad story that I thought we might stand a chance of finding out who killed my dad. And, I began to investigate it and in 1993 came here to see if we could find out who the killer was and made a film about that journey. // So the film is three years old? // Yes. // You officially went to the Truth Commission this week. What is it you want from that Commission? // I want to know who killed my dad and why. // And if you find that out would you forgive that person? // For me this process is less about forgiveness than it’s about understanding. It’s not that I don’t want to forgive it’s that I can’t actually locate forgiveness in me for this. I’d like to understand what happened and I think when I do understand what happened I’ll at least be able to accept that the assassin and I are going to go forward living in this country and get on with our lives. Forgiveness is something entirely beyond my understanding if you like.

Notes: Max du Preez interviews Jann Turner