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Special Report Transcript Episode 65, Section 2, Time 13:28

Let’s move our attention now to the Amnesty Committee hearings in Port Elizabeth. South Africans are known as a nation with a short memory, but the one hero that has never been forgotten is Steven Bantu Biko who died 20 years ago this week in a police cell. But while we remembered Biko some of the men whose actions caused his death, seem to be suffering from bad memory. His family and friends insist that the five policemen who applied for amnesty before the Amnesty Committee in Port Elizabeth this week are still lying.

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Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims
181 The Commission received statements about the following deaths in police custody. Although the Commission made a positive victim finding in these cases, it was not able to establish the exact legislation under which they were held at the time of their deaths. a Political activist Colenso ...
The case of Steve Biko18 Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko [CT05004/ELA] was detained on 18 August 1977 in Port Elizabeth and died in custody on 12 September 1977 in Pretoria. Security police officers Major Harold Snyman [AM3918/96], Captain Daniel Petrus Siebert [AM3915/96], Warrant Officer ...
■ HEALTH WORKERS WITH DUAL OBLIGATIONS 10 Many health professionals find themselves in situations in which their primary obligations are not clear. This is particularly true when they are employed to provide health care services for a clientele, organisation or institution whose primary ...
 
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