Sam Poongavanon

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Life Coach

Consulting / Advisory

From Death Row to Pulpit All began from a simple love affair that went horribly wrong when a stray bullet that killed my companion. I was arrested by the police for murder in 1985. On the 28th of 1987 I was found guilty as charged by nine members of the “Assizes Court” of Mauritius. I was placed in a solitary confinement cell for five years, only able to see the sunlight for half an hour in the morning and another half an hour in the afternoon. I was depressed as my court appeals were rejected at the national level. One condemned man, who had been sentenced to death after me was executed before me on the 10th of October 1987. Two days later the Chief Justice of the Supreme Cour