The former apartheid police officer who was charged with the murder of Ahmed Timol ‘saved’ by the grave
The former apartheid security police officer’s attempt to use political interference as a reason not to stand trial for murder has failed
Justice minister says granting parole would negate the severity ascribed to the murder by the court when the assassin was sentenced
Physical and psychological violence will continue unless we self-reflect on our apartheid scars
Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act
A former SB operative, Paul Erasmus, talks about the torture of a young trade unionist, Neil Aggett, and the machinations at John Vorster Square
Pressure is mounting on the NPA to charge the former president and others involved in political killings
during apartheid
Most of the workers said his face, it looked like Jesus
The former minister told the inquest into the trade unionist Neil Aggett’s death that security branch interrogator Stephan Whitehead was voyeuristic
Allegations of torture highlights the importance of the new national preventive mechanism and the need for independent custody monitoring
The trade unionist’s partner at the time he was detained at John Vorster Square says she now believes his death was not a suicide
The trade unionist was found hanged in his cell at the John Vorster Square police station in 1982
Fifty years ago, the anti-apartheid activist was killed in police custody. His family fought to survive after his death, and now they want justice.
In early 2018 the witness reversed his decision to give evidence about his last hours alive after the Hawks were 2 weeks late to take his statement
Colonel James Taylor will not be brought to book for his role in the death of Dr Hoosen Haffejee because of delays in getting the case to court
How did a man who headed the apartheid-era chemical and biological warfare program Project Coast manage to stay in business in post-apartheid SA?
SAPS will pay legal costs for three apartheid era security policemen who stand accused of murdering Umkhonto weSizwe fighter Nokuthula Simelane
When the coloured population of Simon’s Town was forcibly removed, Aunty Patty’s family remained
Who to believe: The apartheid cops or the doctors who say it wasn’t possible for the activist to jump?
Rodrigues often testified that he "cannot remember" or "cannot comment" on certain questions because 46 years had passed since Timol’s death.
Joao Rodrigues is the last known person to have seen Ahmed Timol alive
The apartheid police force did everything in their power to ensure they could not be held liable for the unlawful killings of anti-apartheid activists
There remains little leadership and direction from government on improving the accountability and services of the police
Rebecca Davis is left pondering the psychology of a man who would turn up to hear his own terrible history dissected in public.
Wouter Basson’s lawyer, Jaap Cilliers, said that his client "wouldn’t have been a doctor by now" had he not brought the application.
Wouter Basson’s lawyers have called for the recusal of an HPCSA committee over suspected involvement in a petition to strike him off the medical roll.
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Wouter Basson and his legal team walked out of his sentencing hearing to file an urgent interdict at the high court in Pretoria.
The sentencing of private cardiologist Wouter Basson guilty of unprofessional conduct as head doctor during apartheid is off to a contentious start.
The HPCSA will rule on Wouter Basson’s fate on December 18 after a five-year long inquiry into his actions during apartheid.
Amid accusations of madness, the most horrific stories about the apartheid agent turned out to be true, writes Phillip de Wet.
The apartheid policeman who was instrumental in unionist Neil Aggett’s suicide has rebranded himself as a business counterintelligence consultant.
The correctional services department says apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock is to be considered for parole.