“That one is not confronted with the choices de Kock could have or could not have made, that one was not a member of the privileged class in apartheid South Africa are matters of sheer grace.” — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Copy Share Image
Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it. — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Copy Share Image
“A genuine apology focuses on the feelings of the other rather than on how the one who is apologizing is going to benefit in… — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Copy Share Image
For perpetrators, when they apologize and experience remorse, it gives them a chance to reclaim their own humanity. Some rise to the moral challenge.… — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Copy Share Image
“That one is not confronted with the choices de Kock could have or could not have made, that one was not a member of… — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Copy Share Image
Perpetrators who receive the gift of forgiveness are given a chance to change — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Copy Share Image
an act of forgiveness sets the victim apart from the perpetrator, who failed to act humanly towards the victim at the time he committed… — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Copy Share Image
