Moloise, 28, was due to be hanged in Pretoria Central Prison this morning for the killing of security policeman Philippus Selepe in December 1982.
Yesterday, his lawyers released an untitled poem he had written while on Death Row:
All the armies that ever marched
All the parliaments that ever sat have not
Affected the life of man on earth as that one
Solitary life
I am proud to be what I am. …
The storm of oppression will be followed by the rain of my blood.
I am proud to give my life, my one solitary life.
According to Helen Suzman, who visited him yesterday, he seemed ”extremely cheerful and to have accepted his fate with great strength ”. He showed no bitterness, she said, and when she left, said, ”Tell the world we shall overcome. Tomorrow I will spill my blood for those who are left behind.”
Moloise’s final statement, which concurs with his original on confirms his involvement with and support for ANC activities, but denies his involvement in the killing. ”I still believe he is innocent,” his mother said on Wednesday. And the refusal on Tuesday to hear further evidence in mitigation, described by Jana as ”another example of administrative power pre-empting the judiciary”, has again brought worldwide condemnation.
The US State Department, the European Common Market, Western government leaders and local politicians have appealed for clemency or a retrial.
This article originally appeared in the Weekly Mail
