George Bizos - "Never give up on the judiciary"

George Bizos - "Never give up on the judiciary"
"You can't stop believing in the judiciary ...." - the committed code by which George Bizos lived his life - thank you George - may this give us strength to believe that eventually we will see convictions for the looting & betrayal that has become the scourge of SA today.
November 1988 - Palace of Justice - Pretoria.
After 3 & ½ years - Judgement Day - in this - the longest running political trial in South Africa’s history.
Delivering his 6-volume - 1 521-page judgement - Judge Kees van Dijkhorst acquits 11 of the 22 accused of treason - in the so-named Delmas Treason Trial.
Handing down sentence - three weeks later - the Judge gives six of the eleven found guilty suspended sentences.
Of the remaining five, the three UDF leaders Popo Molefe, Moss Chikane and Terror Lekota are sentenced to 10, 10 and 12 years respectively.
South African Council of Churches field-worker, Tom Manthata is given 6 years while Vaal Civic Association Youth Leader Gcina Malindi receives a five-year sentence.
Emotions run high as a final prophetic message of hope from those convicted is read to the court.
“Somewhere in the future lies a date when black and white will take a second look at these moments of our history …”
Against the backdrop of the so-named Delmas Treason Trial - the longest running political trial in the history of South Africa - "Delmas - the passion ... the pain" tells the story of the so-named "Delmas Five".
Of the 22 accused of treason in the Delmas Treason Trial, "Terror" Lekota, Popo Molefe, Moss Chikane, Tom Manthata & Gcina Malindi - the so-named "Delmas Five" - were found guilty of treason and sentenced to Robben Island. This is their story & the impact of their journey on family, friends & legal team closest to them - including godfather & veteran struggle & human rights advocate, George Bizos.
Produced by Kevin Harris - 2004.