There's nothing impersonal about conflict in a small community, like that of Oudtshoorn, in the Klein Karoo. // In the same month and year that the first state of emergency gripped the nation, June 1985, three Bongulethu youths were shot dead by police. They were shot at without warning after one of the youngsters went to a local security policeman's house believing it empty. // Fezile Hanse was 14, Andile Majola 13, and Patrick Madikane 14. Their deaths started a spiral of violence in this tiny but militant township on the outskirts of Oudtshoorn. The new mayor of the town, Sipho Kroma regarded Patrick Madikane as his brother.
