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Special Report Transcript Episode 55, Section 4, Time 16:30

We went to the charge office at Mokwalo. On our arrival at Mokwalo they asked us about the fire arm that was lost, that is a fire arm belonging to a policeman called De Beer. We told them that we do not know anything about a gun. They then assaulted us. They took my friend. They took him into a room, the room that they took us when they electrocuted us and I was left behind with another policeman. They were together with him in that room and assaulted him and when he came back he had lost balance. He was kicked, he was bleeding and they said myself and the other policemen, we should pick him up and take him to the front of the charge office. I asked the CID’s from Welkom where my friend was. And they could not give me an answer. But the cell where he was, was wide open but nobody was in the cell and I was now crying. I was banging the doors. I wanted them to tell me exactly where my friend was.

Notes: TRC Testimony: Christian Makwatle Sammy

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TRC Victims
An active ANC supporter who died in police custody in Vredefort, OFS, on 5 August 1992, following his arrest on the day of a community protest march in the area. Family members believe he was severely tortured.
 
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