COMMISSIONER
So I changed my philosophy of life.  I realised that I could not hate white people.  It dawned on me that most white people were to a large extent by-products of apartheid just as much as the freedom fighters were.  I learned also that there were many white people who sincerely hated the obnoxious system of apartheid, and that some of them had lost their lives fighting it.  I admired people like Vic Turner, Neil Aggett, Joe Slovo and Beyers Naude.  I also realised that I wasn't being true to my religion if I hated somebody.  Knowing the power of  vengeful thoughts Mahatma Gandhi had said, "Fight without malice."  This meant a great deal to me.  We have the right to fight injustice without hating the personalities or circumstances involved, and to taste the sweetness of life one must have the power to forget the past.