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Special Report Transcript Episode 25, Section 2, Time 07:26There was a knock at the door. Maggie got up, my wife, opened the door and there was this young man stark naked, except for his underpants and smeared all over with oil with a pistol in his hands which he fired at me and missed from five paces. Well I ducked a little and the bullet went straight through the wall, because it was a wood and iron house I say and the walls inside were made of asbestos sheeting. It was an amazing sight, because I’ve seen many things exploding in my time, but I’ve never been in front of something going off like that. There was quite a beautiful circle of lace like smoke … and he was gone. Notes: TRC testimony: Harold Strachan Was sentenced in 1962 to six years’ imprisonment for contravening the Explosives Act. During his detention at Pretoria Central prison, he was kept in solitary confinement. In 1979 he survived two attempts made on his life and it is alleged that his name was on a hitlist of political activists. |