We saw hell in prison - Bakgatla

Right from the first morning Kgafela, Mmusi and the other 11 surrendered to the police, after disappearing from the Village Magistrates Court and dodging remand for 24 hours, the men got to understand the existential situation of mortals in confinement. Sekai had remained behind when the rest fled from the Village Magistrates Court because he did not hear when he was told the rest were leaving. So he had some two days' experience already, and had resigned himself to serving the remainder of the 14 days.

"I believe our going to jail was a God-ordained mission, for it was while there that we saw some of the worst human rights violations we could never have known about had we not gone to jail.  It is not only the prisoners who suffer, but also the guards themselves," said Kgafela, a human rights lawyer.