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Special Report Transcript Episode 25, Section 5, Time 37:19

Commissioner Johan van der Merwe also told the Truth Commission that the 1988 order to bomb Khotso House in Johannesburg originated in the state president’s office. // In 1988 the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches in Johannesburg was bombed. 18 people were injured and the building badly damaged. The police blamed an activist, Shirley Gunn, for the incident. Earlier this year she told the Truth Commission how she was detained and tortured.

Notes: Max du Preez; Khotso House, after bombing

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Khotso House, Johannesburg 521 Khotso House, the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), was destroyed by explosives on 1 September 1988. Khotso House was also the national headquarters of the UDF. Vlok alleged that incidents of violence had followed meetings held by the ...
 
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