George Bizos

He died, again. From 22nd September 1981 until 5th February 1982 much happened. I was preparing for my matric exam, which I wrote then rewrote late into December as most exam papers were leaked. I then waited anxiously for my results, celebrating on the streets of Durban after obtaining my university exemption. This excitement dissipated when the then minister of education, yes FW de Klerk, refused my application to study at Wits. And, Apartheid was not a crime against humanity? However, unbeknownst to my little insular world, more than 60 activists were being rounded up and ruthlessly tortured culminating in Dr Neil Agget’s untimely death. It also set the decisive beginning of the end of apartheid.