The night-walkers of Uganda

The colour of crime in South Africa
Level 1 
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Elementary
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Comprehension check
Are these statements True or False?
1. Louis Van Schoor is famous for the number of black people he killed.
2. He was a member of the security forces during the apartheid regime.
3. He regrets killing people while he was doing his job.
4. During the apartheid regime, the police couldn’t find any evidence of his crimes.
5. When the apartheid regime ended, Van Schoor was tried and sent to prison.
6. He was freed before he completed his sentence.
7. He has changed his appearance to forget about his past and start a new life.
8. His daughter is in prison for hiring someone to kill her mother.
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Vocabulary 1 Synonyms
Match the words or phrases used in the text that have the same meaning.
killer
convict
jail
released
freed
murderer
convicted 
say you are sorry
apologise 
found guilty
prisoner
prison
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Vocabulary 2 Crime
Fill in the blanks with words related to crime. The first letter of each word is given.
1. Louis Van Schoor was c
of murder.
2. He was found g
of seven murders and two attempted murders.
3. During his t
, white people showed sympathy for him.
4. He was r
from prison before completing his sentence.
5. A s
reduction issued by Nelson Mandela benefited all c
.
6. He benefited from the sentence reduction and he was f
in 2004.
7. While Van Schoor was in j
, his daughter Sabrina hired a black man to kill her mother.
8. She was sent to the same p
as her father.
9. Sabrina is popular among other p
at Fort Glamorgan.
10.Van Schoor wasn’t tried during the apartheid regime because the police hid the e
of his crimes.