Former apartheid chief washes feet of those he says he wronged
At the end of May 2009 in the Free State provincial capital of Bloemfontein, Vlok washed the feet of 13 former police officers and soldiers, asking their forgiveness for “setting a bad example and leading people astray”. “I have sinned against the Lord and against you,” he told them… Many former policemen and soldiers believe they had been misled by government propaganda and a strict censorship system, which portrayed anti-apartheid activities as being directed from the Soviet Union and aimed at Christianity.