SCHOON (CURTIS), Jeanette

Age 35

Description
An ANC member who was killed by a letter bomb at her home in Lubango, Angola, on 28 June 1984. Her six-year-old daughter also died in the attack. Her husband, also an ANC member, had survived earlier attempts on his life. Two operatives from Security Branch Headquarters were granted amnesty for the killing (AC/2000/082).

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Transcript of episode 3, section 3, starting at: 21:02

... and a six year old child. Williamson has applied for amnesty at the Truth Commission. // The security police wanted to kill ANC activist, Marius Schoon. They sent a parcel bomb to his home in Angola. He wasn’t at home when the parcel arrived and his wife Jeanette opened it, it killed her and ...

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Episode 3 | Watch the Episode

3 May 1996. Segments include death squads and the assassinations of David Webster, Abram Tiro, Dulcie September, Bheki Mlangeni, Jeanette and Katryn Schoon, and the assassination attempt on Albie Sachs. It also covers deaths in detention in the region, including that of Ahmed Timol, Neil Aggett, ...

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Episode 28 | Watch the Episode

... section of the SAP's security branch, Military Intelligence and finally the State Security Council. The segment includes an interview with Marius Schoon (whose wife, Jeanette and daughter, Katryn were killed with a parcel bomb sent by Williamson) who will oppose Williamson?s application. The ...

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Transcript of episode 28, section 2, starting at: 02:14

... his job well. His victims are scattered across the subcontinent. // ‘August 1982, Ruth First blown up in Maputo’ // ‘June 1984 Jenny & Katryn Schoon. Blown up in Lubango, Angola’ // ‘Raids into Zimbabwe, Botswana and ...

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Transcript of episode 6, section 5, starting at: 25:56

... blew people up with parcel bombs. Former 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 ...

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Transcript of episode 3, section 1, starting at: 00:19

the assassination of activists. In tonight’s report we look at the assassinations of David Webster, Abram Tiro, Beki Mlangeni, Jeanette and Katryn Schoon, Ruth First and Dulcie September, and the bomb attack on Albie Sachs, and death in detention - the people the government told us over the ...

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