ABSTRACT
Eugene de Kock was the most notorious operative of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. He was known among the black population he worked so hard to oppress as “Prime Evil.” When he concluded his first day of testimony before South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission he made an appeal to meet with the widows of husbands who had died in a bombing that he had planned. He wanted to apologize to them. One of the widows described her encounter with “Prime Evil” afterwards and said that she hoped that he saw her tears not only as tears for her husband, but also as tears for de Kock himself. She said that she wanted to hold his hand to let him know that there was indeed a hopeful future and that he himself could change.
