Special Report Transcript Episode 83, Section 2, Time 17:16

An inquest in 1989 found that the men had been killed by a person or persons unknown. The deaths of the Cradock Four, as they came to be known, remained shrouded in mystery until May ’92 when the New Nation newspaper published a document said to be a military signal that called for the permanent removal of Matthew Goniwe from society. Two more inquests simply added more questions to those that remained unanswered. This week, the man who carried out the killings, Johan Martin van Zyl, told the amnesty committee that he was carrying out the orders of his superior, Col Nicholas Janse van Rensburg.

Notes: New Nation article: ‘Death order from General’

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