TRC Final Report

Volume 3

Chapter 5

Part Appendix

Subsection 4

12 Overwhelmingly, the greatest number of instances of severe ill treatment are attributed to the SAP, followed by vigilantes and the SADF. The severe ill treatment violations attributed to the top three organisations change over time as follows:

13 The SAP dominates all the peaks in the number of violations, with vigilante activity showing a peak in the mid-1980s.

14 As in the national picture, the SAP dominates torture violations: