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KOCK, MMAge Description Col Eugene, he must go to the ‘tronk’ [jail] because we are suffering so many times and years ago you know. // I feel terrible for De Kock, you know, because I can hear that he feels so sorry about everything he’d done. // No amnesty for the killers. Eugene de Kock has now been removed from society for a long time, or has he? What are his chances of amnesty? And that of Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, the men who murdered Chris Hani? ... false passports, a car, a hide-out compartment to hide the weapons which we are going to use there. And then they went in, we followed them, De Kock and other people, Pienaar from Piet Retief. We went in, they followed us and then there was a certain informer of Pienaar of Piet Retief; he ... Oh I feel relieved, especially for Mr. De Kock, what he says. He impressed me really. In fact, he impressed me from day one of the trial, because he speaks the truth. They may well be interested parties who would have been or who even did try to prevail upon De Kock not to talk. I am more than satisfied on reports that I have that there are clearly interested parties who would have preferred that he does not talk. He is now giving evidence under oath. He gives ... ... white, and not David Tshikalanga and Albert Nofemela too, I can’t say. Why, in the Motherwell case, in the Magnus Malan trial, in the Eugene de Kock trial perpetrators had stood up for the truth was used as state witnesses and Dirk Coetzee who is the first one and so far, the only one, the ... ... the best possible behaviour. It allows you contact visits and it’s earned. Now if this person had earned A group status. // Is this Eugene de Kock? // That’s right. Notwithstanding the horrors of the crimes that he’d committed; if he’d earned A group status on the criteria that the ... ... the next three weeks, at least these six are going to tell stories which are going to be very similar in gravity to that what we’ve heard from De Kock. ... ... is whether or not the applicants have disclosed fully. With George Bizos chipping away at their evidence from the families’ side and Eugene de Kock delivering a few powerful side swipes from his corner, serious doubts have been raised about whether or not the killers of the Cradock Four are ... ... Colonel Roelf Venter, Vlakplaas officer in 1984 and ’85. Captain Wouter Mentz, based at Vlakplaas from 1989 to ’92, contemporary of Eugene de Kock. Captain Jacques Hechter. Warrant officer Paul van Vuuren. These former police security branch officers will testify next week about bombings, ... ... 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 they claim they did not ... ... handle it. I cannot remember exactly how it happened, but it was arranged that he’d be buried at Vlakplaas and his entire family was there and De Kock gave instruction that everyone was to attend the funeral. I simply couldn’t bring myself to attend the funeral. It was too much for me and I ... They were in for a rude wake up call. The bombing of the school was the combination of endless problems Helena de Kock experienced right from the start. The government, the Klerksdorp city council and the white community seemed determined to see them fail. They could not register the school until ... super spy Craig Williamson admitted to the parcel bombs that killed Ruth First and Jeanette and Katryn Schoon. Former Vlakplaas commander, Eugene de Kock is now on trial for murdering ANC lawyer Bheki Mlangeni with a parcel bomb in 1991. The security police had a technical division which ... ... business. The nation is still waiting to hear what shocking revelations might come from the amnesty applications of serial murderer Eugene de Kock and superspy Craig ... If you look at the prognosis of Eugene de Kock. Anybody who thinks I took Eugene from Sunday school to prison…it’s just a fallacy. He has a bad profile, an evil profile. If you think of people he killed and at this point in time, how do you evaluate him and think that he may not continue that ... I feel relieved especially for mister De Kock, he has impressed me really. In fact he impressed from day one of the trial because he speaks the truth. The names of Eugene de Kock, Dirk Coetzee and Joe Mamasela have become household names in South Africa the last few years. So has the name Vlakplaas, the farm where these efficient killers had their base. The secret of the so-called successful death squad was the use of a group of men and women ... ... became a farce. // This was the man investigating Coetzee’s allegation, General Krappies Engelbrecht, recently exposed in the Eugene de Kock case as the Vlakplaas sweeper, the cop who had to cover up. The Goldstone Commission implicated him in third force activities. No surprise then ... ... be an interest of reconciliation. There can be little doubt that it would stir up high emotions if these murderers were to walk free. Now that De Kock is in a maximum security cell another Vlakplaas policeman is stepping into his shoes as prime evil number two, as apartheid’s second most ... |
