Special Report Transcript Episode 5, Section 2, Time 01:53

Mtimkulu was leading a resurgence of student militancy in the Eastern Cape. On the 31st of May 1981, he was arrested during anti-republic day demonstrations in Port Elizabeth. Mtimkulu was in perfect health when he was incarcerated. When he emerged from detention five months later he was a shadow of his former self. // I remember his words, when he was telling his father that they’ve finished me this time, father, I don’t think I will be right anymore. Because now, even my memory is not like before. I don’t think that I will be that Siphiwo of yours again. // I wanted to know of him. How do you feel, what happened there inside? He said to me. I’m finished because torturing is making me finish inside, because I see myself … that room, he could not walk …

Notes: Youth demonstration; Photo: Siphiwo’s release; Elizabeth and Sipho Mtimkulu interviewed; Sipho Mtimkulu

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