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KAY SEXWALE

“Towards the end of his life my grandfather, Makhura Sexwale, was in his hospital bed in great pain. His ailments were caused by his failing aged body. His mind was as sharp as a blade. I sat at his bedside with tears rolling down my face as he begged me to get him discharged so he could die at home. We’d never discussed euthanasia before until that day when he said: “If I had a gun I would shoot myself. If I could convince you to drug me to death, would you do it?” I knew then that my long-held belief for assisted dying for those with no hope of recovery but in great pain was not misguided. He passed away 3 months later naturally at home on his 97th birthday in February 2015.

It is in his memory I accept the honour of being a Dignity SA patron.”