Special Report Transcript Episode 80, Section 3, Time 15:41

Vlakplaas and the askaris did become the main instrument in the killings in the 1980s and early 1990s, yes. The Mxenge killing, I mean I couldn’t walk as a white man into a black township and I would stand out like a sore finger. So you need black guys to cooperate and do the job for you and act as instrument for you. So, depending on the situation and circumstances, you need a guy who was black, you need a guy who could speak a local language, you need a guy to throw out as a front runner, to go and prepare the way and speak to and search for your specific target in a way that no one would suspect anything funny.

Notes: Dirk Coetzee

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