Special Report Transcript Episode 8, Section 5, Time 22:47

But this week for the first time, Adriaan Vlok and the top commander of the police force admitted our men may have murdered, killed, tortured and bombed in the line of duty. // This highly confidential letter was delivered to the Truth Commission this week. // 22 former and serving policemen want to ask amnesty for acts of terror in which at least 43 people died. They’re supported by three former police commissioners, four other generals, and Adriaan Vlok himself. These are the 22 policemen. Many were members of the Vlakplaas counter-insurgency unit. Some have already been implicated in murder. Others like Brigadier WAL du Toit and Major Marthinus Ras were convicted of murder and sentenced to long term jail sentences this week. The men’s ranks range from ordinary policemen to colonels and brigadiers. They are supported by former police commissioners, Johan Coetzee, Johan van der Merwe, and Mike Geldenhuys. Two of the other generals, Krappies Engelbrecht and Johan le Roux have already been implicated in some of the charges against Eugene de Kock. The men want amnesty of these incidents, which include several bomb explosions, including one in London and the killing of more than 40 people. According to this list at least three policemen were killed by their own comrades. A whole list of other explosions are also mentioned: Khotso House, Joubert Park, JG Strydom hospital, a community centre in Cape Town and two power stations. What is now emerging is that many acts of terror attributed to the ANC during the eighties were in fact committed by the South African Police.

Notes: Khotso House; Letter to Archbishop Tutu, 21 June 1996. List of names of 22 policemen; list of violations; Drill Hall car explosion