TESTIMONY_GIVER:
  Okay.  My brother, Krishna Rabilall, was born on the 6th of November 1952.  He was a brilliant student at school, excelling in mathematics and physical science.  He had a level of maturity far beyond his age.  Very early in his life he saw the injustices in South African society, and the degree to which all black people, including coloureds and Indians, were oppressed by the white Afrikaner minority.  So strongly did he feel about this issue that he refused to study Afrikaans, knowing full well that if he failed Afrikaans he would fail the entire examination and be forced to repeat standard 10.  He referred to Afrikaans as the language of the oppressor.  It was not surprising then to find that he received a conditional merit pass, failing Afrikaans outright with a G symbol.  