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Unrest Investigation Unit

Explanation
During 1986 special police units were established to investigate incidents of violent protest activities. One of the Cape Town units gave specific attention to the ongoing protest activity in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. The unit was responsible for extensive torture of members of the Bonteheuwel Military Wing (BMW), whom it suspected of being responsible for attacks on policemen and for other incidents in the area.

Sandra Adonis and her late husband, Jacques were both student activists who joined the Bonteheuwel Military Wing. They were constantly on the run. Jacques was detained for nine months and very badly tortured. It changed both their lives. // My life started being a mess. My husband was quite … he ...
I haven’t even reached 12 yet. I wasn’t even in standard five yet. That’s when I became wanted by these people who call themselves the justice system, but we all know that they were the injustice system. In 1987 nearly the whole organisation I represent here today was arrested. I was still on ...
 
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