Jimmy Kruger
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James Thomas "Jimmy" Kruger (1917 - 1987) was a South African politician who rose to the position of Minister of Justice and the Police in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Vorster from 1974 to 1979.
He is probably best known in the film Cry Freedom where the liberal South African journalist Donald Woods complains to Jimmy Kruger about the detention and treatment of Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko. Woods urges Kruger to establish a dialogue with Steve Biko, which he refuses citing that they are fighting for South Africa, for their own land. He is also famous for remarking about the death in police detention of black consciousness leader Steve Biko: "It leaves me cold."
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