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KOCK, MMAge Description De Kock’s sentence of 212 years plus two life sentences seemed to satisfy the people who thronged to the Pretoria Supreme Court for the case. The earliest he can start thinking of seeing the streets of Pretoria again is after 18 years when he could ask for special parole on account of his age of ... ... gave more detailed descriptions of the men?s deaths, however their testimonies differ from evidence given by Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock and do not disclose where the order for the killings came from. The following segments provide a profile on Truth Commissioner Bongani Finca ... As a result of Coetzee’s revelations the Vlakplaas counter-insurgency unit was exposed and its commander Col Eugene de Kock charged with murder. // De Kock said recently in Port Elizabeth Supreme Court that Vlakplaas was a death squad and that he was apartheid’s most effective assassin. This ... ... perpetrators of human rights violations. In its report on Pretoria Maximum Security Prison, known as C Max, Special Report questions why Eugene de Kock, an A group prisoner, was moved to a section designed to isolate disruptive prisoners and whether C Max does not violate the human rights of ... ... in the Motherwell car bomb - that killed three fellow Eastern Cape policemen - gave testimony, including former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock who delivered a frank testimony alleging the bomb was a cover-up and questioning the moral integrity of former generals and leaders. The ... ... ? and the attempts on Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa?s life. Also included is a segment on the amnesty process with reference to the Eugene de Kock, and Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus application for the assassination of Chris Hani. The final segment provides some background on Alexandra ... ... and historical footage of the August Pollsmoor march. In the following segment reporter Jacques Pauw interviews former spy and friend of Eugene de Kock and Craig Williamson, Peter Casselton. Also included is a report on the attacks of IFP supporting hostel dwellers and the Toaster gang on the ... It is only now, two and a half years and the Eugene de Kock trial later, that the full picture is emerging and it is one of not only gun running but also murder, bombings, torture, kidnapping and fraud. Did these two men give birth to the third force in South Africa by ordering Eugene de Kock and ... In September, at the end of his amnesty application for the Motherwell bombing - where security policemen blew up their colleagues - convicted mass murderer Eugene de Kock wanted to meet the family members of the murdered men. His commander in 1985 was Colonel Eugene de Kock. He is now on trial in the Transvaal Supreme Court on more than a hundred charges ranging from murder to fraud. The news bulletin never mentioned who the policemen were: convicted murderer Col Eugene de Kock and his Vlakplaas death squad. As always the men didn’t take any prisoners; no survivors to tell the tale of death. A former Vlakplaas policeman Sergeant Leon Flores told us his version of the incident. In his evidence at the judicial inquest Eugene de Kock said that while he was firing bullets into the activists he prayed that they would live. He never wanted to kill them. // They could have been just ANC activists for all I know, but there was absolutely no weapons found on these people. These ... At about the same time Vlakplaas had launched a huge manhunt for Odirile Maponya, a high ranking MK guerrilla. During the search Eugene de Kock killed his younger brother, Japie Maponya with a spade. Stanza’s mother and two brothers, visibly upset by this late confirmation of his death believe ... Firstly, he was in charge of the operation and then secondly, when the Goniwe Four were taken, Van Zyl took Goniwe, in other words physically during the kidnapping. If I have to explain the language used, I would be pleased. He was surprised because of the resistance offered by Goniwe. // Is that ... Former CCB chief Joe Verster is amongst many who have declined to disclose their cross-border operations for fear of extradition. But the TRC has not faced the same reluctance from former policemen. // I don’t think it would be proper for me to divulge all the information about these incidents at ... Is it so that you have a need to show your sympathies for the families? // Yes, Chairman, for what it will help because I have an understanding of their feelings, their pain and loss of family members because I find myself in the same situation, although not as traumatic as their situation. ... also said that there was pressure to charge these members and they feared that when these members were charged they would reveal certain offences committed by the security police. // Yes, I understood that these members threatened to expose atrocities if they were charged. // You said General Van ... ... was a turning point for the processes of truth, justice and reconciliation in South Africa. Apartheid’s most vicious killing machine, Eugene de Kock was sent to jail for virtually the rest of his living days. Five security policemen who are applying for amnesty from the Truth Commission ... Chances of amnesty granted to murderers like De Kock and Derby-Lewis ... to be found out. Already, their own colleagues are beginning to come to us and beginning to tell the truth and they’re naming names. Already De Kock has named so many names and there are others who are beginning to want to do the same. I mean De Kock’s going to come to the Commission. He ... |
