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Special Report Transcript Episode 8, Section 6, Time 27:12

Some preferred to stay behind. And this week they told the Commission of torture, of killings and of the pain that is so hard to forget. // He removed those electric wires from my neck and then they turned me on the other side. He opened my trousers at the back and then they took these electric wires, put them through my anus. They inserted them deeply. This continued for quite a long time. I can cite an example, it looks like a jack hammer. Usually it is used for drilling the walls or to drill the concrete. But if you looked at this one, you could see it had very sharp iron points. And then they took off my trousers. Please apologise me for my expression of these emotions. Then they switched on … also this jack hammer was being used to torture me. At the same time I had this plastic tube which was covered over my face, and even if I was trying to scream nobody could hear me properly. I had a nauseas feeling, it looked as if my intestines were going to come out. I was certain that I was disemboweled. The people were so evil; you could liken them to Satan himself.

Notes: TRC testimony: Amos Smilo Dyanti

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Was repeatedly detained and tortured by named Security Branch members between 1986 and 1988 in Wo rcester and Paarl, Cape. Mr Dyantyi was a civic activist and member of Worcester’s Council of Seven.
 
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