HELENE KROON DE KOCK
The parents, the day a lot of people came to see the situation and what I heard that day was a great shock to me.  I think that is something I will never forget.  People standing there and saying "good show, this should have - I would have done even a better job, I would have destroyed it even in a better way", and the remarks ... I just realised in that moment the hatred that the nation is standing in.  The hatred that we have got to face in this nation and the antagonism and I just said God, but it is impossible to live in this country, it is impossible to restore this place.  Those were the first thoughts that came to me.  Then afterwards, the parents come to you and they looked me straight in the face and they said Helena, are you also going to turn your back on us now.  I said God forbid that I do that, I don't know how we are going to do that, I have got nothing left.  We are totally, literally totally bankrupt.
 What was interesting at that stage the other Whites that still were supposed to believe in the project, in that very moment, turned their backs and said we are sorry, we cannot associate with this any longer, we are losing status, you know and we are losing our good name and our children 
KLERKSDORP HEARING TRC/GAUTENG
9 H DE KOCK
are in jeopardy and you know, the status and things are more important to people than vision and ideals.  You know, this is not really what we want for our kids, and this is not really what we want for ourselves. 
 We had to stand there and face this all and eventually there were two couples left, two White couples that stood their ground and said don't worry, we are going to go with you through this thing.