1.   But unlike the Schoemans, she defended apartheid.

2.   It will not be easy to transform institutions that for years were devoted to defending apartheid.

3.   He has said that his strict Afrikaans and religious upbringing helped him rationalize the killings and other crimes he committed to defend apartheid.

4.   He told the Truth Commission that his strict Afrikaans and religious upbringing helped him rationalize the murders and other crimes he committed to defend apartheid.

5.   That horrifies people like the young mother at an AWB rally who defended apartheid by citing the Bible as saying sheep and goats cannot mingle.

6.   Thousands of people died during decades of fighting to defeat or defend apartheid.

7.   Critics also believe the body will be harsher on those who defended apartheid than on the liberation movements, who carried out attacks on civilians.