MATHATHA TSEDU A detainee who spends time in solitary confinement devises ways of surviving. Some ensure they have painkillers which they swallow before they enter the den of torture. Some create communication means amongst themselves to share information about the torture and what the police already knew. The latter helps those still going to be tortured to know what one should not deny because the sole purpose of refusing to give information is to defend the gains of struggle. If they already know what is the point of suffering. Still others go the dangerous route of befriending some of the…