PEDRO, Niclo

Age 20

Description
An MK operative who was detained in Cape Town in August 1987 and held under section 29 for six months, during which he was severely tortured by named members of the Western Cape Security Branch. Mr Pedro was later convicted of terrorism and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment. One Security Branch operative was granted amnesty for his torture (AC/1999/0027).

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Transcript of episode 71, section 2, starting at: 03:52

Pedro had a letter with the names of his contacts in Lesotho. Benzien wanted those names, badly. // I was given instructions to carry a letter which I should not open until such time as I’d cross the Lesotho border and then I would find out who these people were and where I was supposed to meet ...

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Transcript of episode 71, section 2, starting at: 02:58

But when the interrogation started, Benzien and Nortje were present. They were the only other people in the room with me and when they started interrogating me the intimidation had already taken effect. This intimidation of me had already started when I was in this room and the security policeman ...

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Transcript of episode 71, section 2, starting at: 01:44

... men responsible for putting them behind bars. They now admit that their secret tool, the mechanism for their success, was torture. MK cadre Niclo Pedro was arrested in August of 1987 on his way to Lesotho and taken to this unit’s headquarters at Culemborg in Cape ...

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