Special Assignment - Tessa Beegte, 19 January 2014

In this episode we bring you the entire exclusive interview that our specialist producer - Frank Ferro-conducted with convicted drug mule - Tessa Beetge - from the Brazilian jail where she has been held since 2008. The soon to be released Beetge is expected to serve the remainder of her 8-year sentence for drug trafficking on parole.
Beetge was found with 10kg of cocaine in her luggage at the local airport after convicted drug dealer and former state security minister's wife - Sheryl Cwele and her accomplice, Frank Nabolisa, recruited her to transport drugs. Cwele and Nabolisa were convicted in 2011 to a 12 year prison sentence for drug dealing.
In the Special Assignment interview, Tessa Beetge forgives Sheryl Cwele and her co-accused, Nigerian national Frank Nabolisa - a gesture she feels she had to do, so she could move on with her life. She also speaks about the regret she has for not being there for her two daughters when she was jailed in Brazil for drugs. Beetge also laments the fact that her mother was never able to forgive Sheryl for what she had done to the family after Sheryl recently asked Marie for her forgiveness..
In this exclusive interview, Beetge talks about prison life, forgiveness and her hope for the future.