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Special Report Transcript Episode 1, Section 2, Time 01:56This policeman will tell in chilling detail how he helped murder the husbands of three of the widows who gave evidence this week. They said they would only be able to make peace with their loss once they knew how their husbands had died and who had killed them. Let’s listen to their stories. Notes: Max du Preez outside Town Hall References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims GlossaryThe PEBCO Three 240 Sipho Hashe [EC0003/96PLZ], Mr Champion Galela [EC0005/96PLZ] and Mr Qaqawuli Godolozi [EC0004/96PLZ], members of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO), an affiliate of the UDF, were abducted on 11 May 1985 by members of the Port Elizabeth Security Branch, taken ... The ‘Cradock Four’ 294 The cases of the ‘Cradock Four’ and the related ‘Motherwell bombing’ illustrate the use of sophisticated covert operations by the security forces in the assassination of both political opponents and dissidents within their own ranks. 295 The UDF activists ... PART FOUR: ACCOUNTABILITY, DISCIPLINE AND THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY 308. In theory, the Commanding Officer of Security Branch Headquarters was accountable to the Commissioner of Police. However, because he had direct access to the Minister, he had considerable autonomy in authorising ... Killings during an arrest or while in custody 105. Amnesty applications were received for approximately twenty-three killings committed while people were either being arrested or in custody. Eleven people died while they themselves were being arrested, and five others were also killed during ... Northern Natal Security Branch 238. The Northern Natal Security Branch was based at Newcastle, with operatives based at Vryheid, Empangeni, Eshowe, Jozini, Ndumo, Melmoth and Nongoma. 239. Two applications were received from the Northern Natal Security Branch for an abduction and two killings, one ... State responsibility for extrajudicial killings 72. The Commission noted in its Final Report that, as the levels of conflict intensified in the country, the security forces came to believe that it was far preferable to kill people extrajudicially than to rely on the legal process. Many amnesty ... Abductions 50. The Commission received fifty-seven amnesty applications for eighty incidents of abduction. The fifty-seven applications included the abduction of thirty-five Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives, eighteen of whom were abducted inside the country and seventeen outside South Africa. 51. ... |