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Truth Games: Neville Clarence – hold no grudge – Aboobaker Ismael

Sue Williamson
Truth Games: Neville Clarence – hold no grudge – Aboobaker Ismael, 1998
Laminated colour laser print, wood, metal, plastic
Work: 84 x 121 x 6 cm

Neville Clarence was an officer of the South African Air Force when he lost his sight in a car-bomb attack on the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, in 1983. More than 200 people were injured in the attack and 19 died. The attack was perpetrated by Umkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the ANC. At the TRC hearing in May 1998, the current Chief of Policy and Planning in the Defence Force, Aboobaker Ismael, took full responsibility for the attack. Clarence said he understood the circumstances, and the two men shook hands.