I mentioned Deon Snyman and the Worcester Hope and Reconciliation Process in my last post. At the "Engaging The Other" conference in early December he talked about a whole group of survivors of the Worcester Shoprite bombing planning to visit one of the perpetrators, Stefaans Coetzee, in prison in Pretoria. Well, they didn't waste any time!
Sarah Crawford-Browne writes:
"Deon
is on an incredible journey with 40 survivors of the Worcester bomb -
24 Dec 1996. They left this morning (29 Jan 2013) on a Peace Train to go from
Worcester to Pretoria to meet one of the perpetrators. I'm putting up
the updates on the Restitution Foundation Facebook page as they travel. And
we invite you to join the Peace Train -- there's an event on the
page... or to share a posting so it does go viral and strengthens the
hope in our country! This
is a partnership between the Worcester Hope and Reconciliation Process
(they called Deon the father of WHRP today!) and Khulumani.
This newspaper article shares a little of the story... - as
does a video
about Ms Olga Macingwane who was the first to make the journey in 2009,
following which other survivors requested the opportunity to meet
Stefaans.
