Cape Recife

Colin was born and had grown up in Queenstown. His father was an alcoholic who cared very little for his family. He wished he could forget the misery of his childhood in a home with a battered mother trying to put them through school and the agony of being an underweight and somewhat sickly boy. He was bullied and victimized and he never had anybody to go to so he decided to bury his nose in his books. 1976, found Colin trapped in the role of a new teacher from a liberal university in a body of seasoned teachers stuck in the old order. He understood the mood of the pupils and he also understood the attitude of his colleagues. He managed to balance the aspirations of both parties fairly well for his young age, but 16 June put paid to all his efforts of trying to make his fellow teachers understand what the youth was trying to say. By 1994 Colin was promoted to a high income government job and his life took another turn. He was ambitious and his life-style demanded that he continuously climb the income ladder. Compared to three years earlier when he still held a senior position at a High school in Grahamstown, he was earning a fortune. Colin Peterson became grossly over-weight and his doctor had told him to do something quick or his heart might not be able to take the strain much longer. He was forty-five years old and always tired. He was the Deputy Director for Arts and Culture in the Western Region of the Eastern Cape and was extremely pleased with the performance of his very able staff. In March 1999 he received a personal call from his Director that the Deputy President of the country would be visiting Port Elizabeth on Saturday 02 April 1999. The main focus of this visit would be to reach out to the white community and a "gala affaire" was scheduled for the UPE…