ERASMUS, B

The members of the security branch who took part in the torture of the comrades in Botshabelo are as follows: Lieutenant Shaw, Lieutenant <b>Erasmusb>, Warrant Officer Ramasoeu, Warrant Officer Tsoametsi, Warrant Officer Gillian, Warrant Officer Koch, Sergeant Mamome, Warrant Officer Cronje, Warrant ...

... Mr Hermanus Barend du Plessis as the first witness in these proceedings.’ // Captain Hermanus du Plessis, Gen Nic van Rensburg, Gen Gerrit <b>Erasmusb> and Sgt Johannes Raath, who have all since retried are seeking amnesty for their part in Sizwe Kondile’s death. Former Vlakplaas commander ...

The order to eliminate Kondile came from this man, Gen Gerrit <b>Erasmusb>, the then divisional commissioner of the Eastern Cape security police, who admitted that he had never met Kondile personally.

... were talking about. But I did agree and admitted that I knew everything that they were talking about. After we did this point outs they asked me, <b>Erasmusb> and Rossouw asked me if I was prepared to be a state witness. I said no. They then decided to charge me. ...

Coetzee also contradicts the policemen on other crucial aspects such as who was the man who pulled the trigger. Van Rensburg, Du Plessis, <b>Erasmusb> and Roth all insist that it was a Sgt Roy Otto of Vlakplaas. Dirk Coetzee denies this and Sgt Otto has since committed suicide. The former Vlakplaas boss ...

... week, almost a year later, the four policemen Nicolas Janse van Rensburg, Hermanus Barend De Plessis, Johannes Gottfried Raath and Gerhard Nicolas <b>Erasmusb> came to ask for amnesty for the murder. They never spoke at the hearing. Their lawyers argued that Dirk Coetzee’s amnesty application ...

<b>Erasmusb> agreed that his dirty tricks campaign had nothing to do with the allegations of assault, disappearance and murder that were the subject of this week’s hearing. Everyday a handful of the Winnie faithful demonstrated and sang outside the hall, reminding us the Winnie Madikizela-Mandela ...

A day after <b>Erasmusb> told me this I asked the then Commissioner, General Johan van der Merwe, for his reaction. // I am not aware of one murder committed while being commissioner, and even before. I am not aware of a single murder, or of someone responsible for murder.

... Sgt Johan Ludwig du Preez, Maj Charles Alfred Zeelie. Disposal: Brig Schalk Visser, Capt Leon van Loggerenberg. Cover-up: Gen Gerrit Nicholas <b>Erasmusb>, Gen Petrus Lodewikus du Toit, Gen Johannes Velde van der ...