Leihlo la Sechaba: Boitshwarelano

December 16 is a public holiday, celebrated as a Day of Reconciliation between Blacks and White in post-apartheid South Africa. It is a day which attempts to strike a balance between a divided past and promoting national unity and reconciliation.

Leihlo la Sechaba followed perpetrators of apartheid including former Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok who is part of a charity to feed orphans and the poor in black townships. We also visited victims of apartheid including the children of Johannes Sambo who was tortured and burnt beyond recognition by the Vlakplaas unit led by Eugene de Kock. He was accused of helping people cross into Mozambique through Mpumalanga to join the liberation forces. His body was never found and his children are trying to meet the perpetrators to show them where they killed him.

In this programme, we investigate to what extent victims of apartheid are willing to forgive and how much effort apartheid perpetrators are putting in to reconcile with victims.

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Leihlo la Sechaba, (Sotho for Eye of the Nation) is an investigative programme where journalists investigate topics of interest, developmental stories, corruption, crime and where possible, discover the truth.

Watch this programme every Thursday at 18:00 only on SABC 2.