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Transcripts for Section 6 of Episode 30
| Time | Summary | | | 34:28 | The Truth Commission is a serious affair but nothing should be too serious for a smile now and again. Truth Omissions is a biting satire by Pieter Dirk Uys now on in Cape Town. | Full Transcript | | 34:41 | ‘We in the National Party are now sick and tired of being represented as Nazis and thugs. I warn you, if you continue to besmirch us in this way, you will unleash forces in South Africa the end result of which cannot be foreseen. I will keep law and order in South Africa and no one in the world is going to stop me.’ | Full Transcript | | 35:08 | ‘So don’t you expect me to appear in front of any Truth Commission. I have my constitutional rights. Besides it would be inhumane. Look at me, I’m old, I’m sick, but I will always remain very polite in my rejection of the Truth Commission. Fok U!’ | Full Transcript | | 35:32 | ‘I was recently humiliated in the South African Parliament in wanting to apologise for merely suggesting that South Africa might want to have a black President. Now you know I was right, I know I was right, everyone knows I was right. President Botha thought I was left. And so I was forced to say sorry in order to keep my job in the cabinet so I could fight apartheid from within ‘en nee magtig dit gaan nie werk nie!’ [It won’t work] Never say sorry. Never use the word ‘sorry.’ Remember, being an Afrikaner means never having to say I’m sorry.’ | Full Transcript | | 36:11 | ‘And I’ll see if you can find it in your heart to expect me to appear in front of a Truth Commission. I knew nothing about anything. I just hung around for a hell of a long time, but they never told me anything, noting. They kept me in the dark, ‘in die pik donker [in the pitch dark].’ In fact now I realize that I was also a victim. My phone was tapped, ask anybody who phoned me, they could hear the tap running. My mail was tampered with, ask any male. And now they say that I had knowledge of a third force. I knew nothing about a third force. I didn’t even know there was a second force. So as a result I’m not here, in fact none of us are here. In fact most of us wish we were never here in the first place. But to hell with them, I’m now retired. I can do what I like. In fact, I might form my own party. Yes! Pik’s Party. Anyone can join my party; just bring your own bottle.’ | Full Transcript | | 37:29 | ‘Dora! Will you please hurry up and come and help me, I don’t know what to wear. Oh my God! I swear I’m having a nervous breakdown. I can’t believe it. I’ve been summoned to appear in front of the Truth Commission. For God’s sake, what do I know about truth? I’m just a normal South African. But it’s much more complicated than just truth, it’s some sort of an amnesty committee. I said listen I don’t need amnesty, I got alimony, OK? They said, no man it’s not you, it’s some black man who wants amnesty and he wants you to come and give him some character reference because he said he was your garden boy in the eighties and his name is Nimrod. I said excuse me. I said I don’t know anybody who worked for me who was called Nimrod. I swear to God. They were all called Nimrod.’ | Full Transcript | | 38:28 | To divert all rumours that he might be resigning from the Truth Commission we now have a word of encouragement from our major sponsor, the truth fairy. | Full Transcript | | 28:39 | ‘Thank you very much my dear, thank you very much my friend. We are the rainbow people and as we all know at the end of every rainbow is a pot of gold. Ours has been stolen. Ha! Ha! Ha!’ | Full Transcript | | 39:36 | Although she will not be appearing before the Commission Mrs. Evita Bezuidenhout spoke exclusively to the Special Report about truth and ‘boerekos’ [country fare]. | Full Transcript | | 39:45 | You have been watching Max du Preez on the Truth Commission Special Report. // O ek is mal vir Max [I am crazy about Max]. Max is one of my favourite people in the SABC. He’s become very, very liberal. Liewe aarde wat sal sy ma sê [what will his mother say] and he’s looking very nice. I think he should cut his hair, dit lyk bietjie morsig [it looks a bit messy]. Maar baie interessant [but very interesting]! And of course many Afrikaners are very cross with Max because Max is saying things that Afrikaners don’t want to hear. But I know that Max means it well. He had his little newspaper. Do you remember that funny little paper he wrote? And I think he’s doing a very nice job, and it’s very important to hear what has happened through an Afrikaner’s mouth not just always people with foreign accents accusing Afrikaners of doing things. At least he’s one of the sons of Afrikanerdom. But he must keep his facts right want ek hou hom dop en as hy iets verkeerd se gaan ek hom ...more | Full Transcript |
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