Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 9 - Chapter 1 Page 6

These kingmakers are fully aware that such socio economic issues are the most devastating assault on human dignity; that these are the basic causes of unemployment and a wide variety of crimes. Of these men and women, we can say with full justification at their graveside, that this person has done his or her duty to country and people. Their modest contributions to society live beyond the grave. They become worthy candidates for immortality. In which of the above category do we place the long list of resisters who have graced our beloved country and took centre stage in the defence of liberty from the time of the landing of Jan Van Riebeck in 1652 to the present? Are they men and women who left nothing behind, not even their names? Are they men and women who are haunted by the evil deeds they committed against other human beings? Are they former freedom fighters that later turned and robbed