«On December 10th 1985, Duma is accused of a murder of a Sharpeville counsellor. The verdict is given in a tribunal in Pretoria. Today after three days, Mandosi returns to Pretoria to hear his penalty. It is Friday 13th...»

In 1984, in apartheid South Africa, Duma Joshua Kumalo was falsely accused of a political murder he did not commit and was sentenced to hang. Fifteen hours before the rope, he got a stay of execution but was then sentenced to life in prison. When apartheid ended, he was released as his innocence was widely accepted. But, he was haunted by his time on death row, and more importantly, the fact that his criminal record was never officially cleared. His wife has now taken up the struggle on his behalf.

Tanya Farber is a senior journalist at the Star newspaper where she has been working for six years. Before that, she worked as a journalist in the NGO sector just as South Africa was trying to rebuild itself after the ravages of apartheid. She has a Masters degree in Journalism.