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MOSTERT, PJ

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Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty-one people were killed and 217 injured. The overall commander of MK`s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). See Church Street bombing, Pretoria.

The police occurrence book at John Vorster Square … warrant officer Mostert is one of the people who took Stanza out for the investigation, during which it was alleged that he escaped. We can only infer that those were the people that were actually involved with this interrogation and who would ...
He arrived with the device and Mr Bopape was then placed on a chair in the corridor before Van Niekerk’s office and his hands and his arms were tied with, they call it Velcro strips, Mr Zeelie provided that, it’s a big large, heavy chair and his legs were tied to the legs of the chair.
I thought that perhaps he was just pretending, acting but Van Niekerk said that something’s wrong. Everything stopped and Mr. Bopape was taken from the chair.
The fake escape basically involved only me, Mr Mostert, Mr Engelbrecht. Mr Mostert changed the flat tyre and we went back to the police station, which wasn’t far from there. All the necessary branches were informed about this, the dog unit, the service officer – I phoned him myself and told him ...
... that he had ever witnessed or participated in torture. He was then confronted with a statement by a former detainee, Shahieda Issel. // Mister Mostert indecently assaulted her, which you may or may not know about. Do you know about that? // No. // She then says that she then went into a room ...
... gave him mouth to mouth resuscitation. It seemed that he was dead already and I think all of us standing there, including myself, Lt Zeelie, Mr Mostert, Mr Engelbrecht and Mr du Preez all thought that he was dead. If I remember correctly some of the members felt the pulse, several parts of ...
... taken out, some of the chains were loosened and Lt Zeelie, who played the role of Mr Bopape, he shifted … left hand side of the car and me and Mr Mostert and Engelbrecht was busy with changing the ...
In 1985 the physical assault was absent but her interrogator Captain Frans Mostert had found a more dangerous weapon.
... it a sling that is turned quickly? // Yes, almost like an old fashioned farm telephone. // And everyone that you mentioned Mr Zeelie, Van Niekerk, Mostert and yourself, you were present. // Yes, that is correct. // Did anyone do the talking? // Many talked, many asked questions, but mostly I ...
... for disposing of his body; and three generals for covering up the death. // ‘Murder: Lt Col Adriaan Peter van Niekerk, Const Hendrik Albertus Mostert, Const Jacobus Hermanus Engelbrecht, Sgt Johan Ludwig du Preez, Maj Charles Alfred Zeelie. Disposal: Brig Schalk Visser, Capt Leon van ...
In 1985 the physical assault was absent but her interrogator Captain Frans Mostert had found a more dangerous weapon.
 
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