OPEN LETTER TO ADV. MHAGA REQUESTING PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR EUGENE DE KOCK
Email: MMhaga@justice.gov.za
Date: Monday, 02
February 2015
Subject: Presidential
Pardon for Eugene de Kock
Dear Adv. Mhuaga
I would like to
begin by thanking Minister Michael Masutha for giving Eugene de Kock parole.
The public, understandably, know nothing about his parole conditions.
However, Mandela stated that there is no such thing as half-free. One is
either free or one is not. Parole is
half-free.
It is with a humble
heart that I ask you to please consider giving Eugene de Kock an unconditional
release or Presidential Pardon.
As a previous
warrior, His Excellency, President Zuma will understand that deep within every
human heart lies generosity. Previous enemies have respect for those who
fought bravely on the other side. Would you be kind enough to ask our
President for a Presidential Pardon for Eugene de Kock please? Or would you please consider an unconditional
release for him? This would be the
final bridge we cross towards reconciliation for our beloved country. It
will also go a long way to healing the hearts of the thousands upon thousands
of conscripted soldiers who fought so bravely in a war they were led to believe
was right.
We humbly ask you
to help our people heal from the scars we carry. We will never forget
what was done; more so that it is never repeated; but we need the generosity
and the compassion of the ANC, the South African government, and her people, to
make this possible. Eugene de Kock has been made the epitome of
everything that is evil in a white man by the media. Only a Presidential
Pardon can give us back our humanity as members of this nation.
We want to be a proud South
Africans. We do not want to hang our heads in shame any longer. We too, must stand up and take responsibility
for eradicating hate and racism. We too, must play our part in the reconciliation of our beloved land. There
can no longer be the oppressors and the oppressed. We must be a proud nation, standing together
with one voice, singing with abandon…Nkosi sikelel iAfrika!!
Thanking you in
anticipation,
Yours truly
Dianne Lang
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