SWANEPOEL, Jacobus

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A prison warder who was killed when a member of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) detonated a hand grenade while trying to escape from Leeuwhof prison, Vereeniging, Tvl, on 18 December 1993. Three people died and nine were injured. One SDU member was granted amnesty (AC/2000/145).

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Volume 5, Chapter 2

... SUMMERS, Freddie SUNDUZA, Sifiso SUNDUZA, Sithembiso Christopher SUNDUZA, Solomon Mandlenkosi Mazibuko SUTHU, Nothozayo SWAARTBOOI, Themba Simon SWANEPOEL, Willem SWART, Basil SWARTBOOI, Bushy Voltaire SWARTBOOI, Buyelwa Gladys SWARTBOOI, Eric Buyisile SWARTBOOI, Melvin Khayalethu SWARTBOOI, ...

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Volume 2, Chapter 5

... of the Mkambati police station, it is understood that during the 1960s this station was under the command of Colonel Theunis Jacobus ‘Rooi Rus’ Swanepoel. Kairos refers to Swanepoel as a notorious police officer who played a key role in the 1960s and later became the chief interrogator of the ...

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Volume 3, Chapter 6

... July 1963 with Mr Arthur Goldreich, Mr Harold Wolpe and Mr Mosie Moolla. 49 Most of these detainees identified Captain Theunis Jacobus 'Rooi Rus' Swanepoel as one of the perpetrators involved in their interrogation. General van den Berg, head of BOSS at the time, also appears to have also been ...

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Volume 3, Chapter 2

Political prisoners and detainees in South Africa. Preliminary report, November 1996, pp 5–6; and Kairos, Torture in South Africa, Theunis Jacobus Swanepoel, February 1977, p 26. 6 Kairos (1997) p 26. ...

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