A look into Andries Tatane’s life after his televised death shows him to be a civic-minded person, a nation-builder type and a human being who loved helping others. Tatane died after being beaten and shot, allegedly by police, during a service-delivery protest in Ficksburg. The great tragedy of the police brutality that took Tatane’s life is that it snuffed out the potential of a community activist who dedicated his own life to improving the lives of others. By MANDY DE WAAL.