Problem
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela's A Human Being Died That Night is based on her prison interviews with the police operative and counter-insurgency chief Eugene de Kock, known in South Africa by his nickname "Prime Evil." As she herself admits, understanding why she sought to meet de Kock, multiple times, and interview him is difficult-for her colleagues, for herself. Why does she do it? What is her account of her motivation? Does she forgive him?