COETZEE, DJ

by Peter Marshe and appeared in Beeld. We translated the words from Afrikaans. So they say they didn”t know much. Former Vlakplaas commanders Dirk Coetzee and Eugene de Kock are already on record saying they had no doubt that Vlok knew exactly what Vlakplaas did. The next question is. Even if ...

... were people committing assassinations and that there was a unit which was used for that I would have acted violently myself. // Did you ignore Dirk Coetzee’s evidence? He was the commander of that unit and he came out in 1989 and said: I was the commander, this is what we did. // When Dirk ...

I then made a recommendation to this effect. The then commissioner of police Gen Johan Coetzee in turn presented the recommendation to the minister, Louis le Grange, who was then the minister of police. Mister le Grange approved the relevant recommendation. I thereafter discussed the matter with ...

... some background to the unpleasant infighting in the Truth Commission and we introduce you to some of the victims of former Vlakplaas policemen Dirk Coetzee, Almond Nofemela and Joe Mamasela. But we start with a special story about forgiveness. The Azanian People’s Army was much feared by white ...

Kondile was taken to Komatipoort where they met Coetzee. One of the officers gave Kondile poison. After about 20 minutes he passed out.

... will probably spend time in jail, because of the apparent administrative incompetence of the Amnesty Committee, or is it being done to punish Coetzee? Well, that was tonight’s programme. Watch this space for new revelations on the real story behind all the lies told about the role of the ...

We suggest with respect Mr. Chairman that justice will not be served in these applications unless Mr. Coetzee is here and unless he is cross examined and we suggest that that should be done before we continue with our applications.

... townships had reached boiling point. On February 19, Minister of Law and Order, Louis Le Grange visited Uitenhage with police Commissioner Johan Coetzee. The town’s senior police officers, known as the order group, explained that soft weaponry for riot control was no longer effective and ...

... between 30, 35. // Who was the first man you had killed? // It was Griffith Mxenge // Why did you kill him? // It was instructions from Dirk Coetzee and Brigadier Van der Hofen. ...

... mother, this was a frustrating day. // Truly speaking I blame the policemen today who were supposed to have been telling their story, because what Coetzee said is irrelevant at this moment. As far as I’m concerned they should have said what they had come to say, what they know. And then, at a ...

The existence of Vlakplaas was exposed by Dirk Coetzee and Almond Nofemela in a Vrye Weekblad interview in November 1989. It was met with flat denials from generals and police officers. These lies were repeated under oath to the Harms Commission of Inquiry into state death squads. Vlakplaas was ...

Of course, Coetzee did not lie. Virtually every word he said seven years ago he said again this week. Let’s go to the drama of the hearings in Durban.

Schoon told the TRC that he’d never been disciplined for authorizing actions of an illegal nature and said that former Commissioners and Ministers of police such as Louis Le Grange, Adriaan Vlok, Johan van der Merwe and Johan Coetzee had all visited Vlakplaas.

Johannesburg magistrate has ruled that two members of the Orde Boerevolk, Leonard Veenendal and Darryl Stopforth can be extradited to Namibia. A decision now rests with the Minister of Justice, Mr. Kobie Coetzee, on whether the two should be handed over to Namibia to stand trial.

... four policemen responsible for killing Sizwe Kondile (held in Cape Town 9 to 13 February 1998) The policemen?s testimonies contradicts that of Dirk Coetzee?s who is also applying for amnesty for his involvement with the incident. The segment also includes an interview with Charity Kondile, ...