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Special Report Transcript Episode 3, Section 3, Time 10:39In April 1989 Wits anthropologist and human rights activist Doctor David Webster wrote a report on repression in South Africa. It contained details on detentions and disappearances; he called it apartheid’s ultimate weapon. On Workers Day, 1989 Webster fell victim to apartheid’s ultimate weapon himself. His partner Maggie Friedman was there. Notes: David Webster as lecturer; scene of incident References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC VictimsA UDF supporter and Wits academic who was shot dead by a Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB) operative on 1 May 1989 outside his home in Troyeville, Johannesburg. The operative, later convicted of his killing, did not apply for amnesty. A Witwatersrand Security Branch operative was granted amnesty for ... |