The victims of the 1996 Christmas Eve bombings in Worcester, which claimed the lives of three children and two adults, still live with the pain of that day, with some calling on the president to visit and hear from those affected.
The scab on this old wound was lifted recently when it was announced that the Worcester bombers could be exonerated along with 145 other high-profile SA criminals in terms of newly proposed presidential pardons.
It has also highlighted the anguish of the bombers’ relatives, with the wife of one of the bombers saying the past 16 years have been hell.