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Transcripts for Section 6 of Episode 50
| Time | Summary | | | 23:28 | Eight years ago two men broke a long conspiracy of silence and exposed the apartheid state’s death commandoes. It was going to cost them dearly. Two weeks ago a Durban judge found Dirk Coetzee and Almond Nofemela, together with David Tshikalanga guilty of the murder they had confessed to in 1989, that of lawyer and activist Griffiths Mxenge. One of the killers, Joe Mamasela was the state’s star witness, but the judge rejected his evidence and convicted the men purely on their own confessions of eight years ago. If they had been prepared to deny their confessions now they would have been free men today. The irony doesn’t end there. The three men were among the first to apply for amnesty from the Truth Commission and their applications have been heard months ago. Controversial Attorney-General; Tim McNally has not given a satisfactory explanation why he forced the expensive trial to go ahead before the amnesty decision. McNally has also not explained why the three men who ...more | Full Transcript | | 24:54 | As soon as we have heard the evidence of others implicated, because we can hardly make a finding with the version of one of those involved. We should hear the evidence of all those involved with a particular deed before we decide. It is possible that he would be sentenced and jailed before our decision on his amnesty application is made. | Full Transcript |
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