I'm deeply saddened by the passing of advocate George Bizos on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.
George in particular was extremely sensitive about what had happened to me. Not only did he directly approach my father to offer him emotional support but also explained to him what the judges’ ruling really meant. My father was enormously proud George had done this so personally. George remarked Koch was disingenuous to the court, saying the following: “It was obvious that Dr Koch had lied under oath when he stated that he had not seen any injuries. He attempted to explain himself by claiming that he was not asked by the lawyer to say whether there were injuries on Essop, but merely to deal with the question whether or not Essop had the specific injuries described by his father in his original affidavit.
The photo shows the three items George brought to court everyday without fail: his walking stick, his worn-out briefcase, and his book ‘No One to Blame’, first published in 1998. This book picked up in sales during the three month period of the inquest. I joined him everyday of the reopened inquest for lunch, and he shared with me numerous stories and anecdotes about South Africa’s struggle heroes, about anti-apartheid politics, about his career, and, last but not least, about his own personal life and experiences in Greece and South Africa.
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