Special Report Transcript Episode 37, Section 1, Time 00:07

Black policemen at Vlakplaas were called askaris, they did most of the killing for Eugene de Kock, yet their lives were worth nothing and they were executed as easily as they killed opponents of the apartheid government. // Talk about a dog that feeds on its puppies; that was De Kock. He fed on his own askaris. // We’ll tell you more about this man and his new revelations tonight. Joe Mamasela’s shadow loomed large over the hearing of the Truth Commission’s Amnesty Committee in Pretoria this week. These five former security policemen are asking for amnesty for more than 40 acts of murder or torture. The Committee who has to decide their fate consists of Judge Mall, Judge Wilson, Judge Mwepe, Attorney Sisi Khampepe and Advocate Chris de Jager. The five policemen say all the human rights violations they’re guilty of were committed with a political motive and with the express or implied authority of the then South African Police Force. These are requirements for amnesty, but it is also required that they tell the whole truth about the events, events like the cold blooded execution of Mafikeng bus driver, Joe Tsele in 1986.

Notes: Max du Preez; Joe Mamasela; Brig Jack Cronje; Col Roelf Venter; Capt Jacques Hechter; Capt Wouter Mentz; W/O Paul van Vuuren