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Neil Aggett

Police refusal to pay legal costs of former officers means some apartheid-era cases cannot be closed
Opinion
/ 8 December 2022

Police refusal to pay legal costs of former officers means some apartheid-era cases cannot be closed

The families of slain student activists have been waiting an agonising 40 years for justice and closure

By Zaid Kimmie
Azapo’s political relevance re-emerges
Thought Leader
/ 28 March 2022

Azapo’s political relevance re-emerges

The party of socialist Black Consciousness has fresh leaders and a pact with the Pan Africanist Congress to begin working at the local level to create a viable and radical Left

By Imraan Buccus
Security Branch killed Neil Aggett, judge finds
National
/ 4 March 2022

Security Branch killed Neil Aggett, judge finds

The activist and doctor was still alive when he was hanged by his torturers.

By Paddy Harper
Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest
Article
/ 25 February 2020

Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest

Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act

By Paddy Harper
Apartheid criminals still at large
Article
/ 21 February 2020

Apartheid criminals still at large

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

By Ilham Rawoot
Inside the Security Branch: Torture between brandy and boerewors
Article
/ 21 February 2020

Inside the Security Branch: Torture between brandy and boerewors

A former SB operative, Paul Erasmus, talks about the torture of a young trade unionist, Neil Aggett, and the machinations at John Vorster Square

By Janet Smith
Slice of life: ‘Those people, they have killed Neil’
Article
/ 14 February 2020

Slice of life: ‘Those people, they have killed Neil’

Most of the workers said his face, it looked like Jesus

By Sarah Smit
Aggett tormentor had a ‘morbid’ obsession — Barbara Hogan
Article
/ 29 January 2020

Aggett tormentor had a ‘morbid’ obsession — Barbara Hogan

The former minister told the inquest into the trade unionist Neil Aggett’s death that security branch interrogator Stephan Whitehead was voyeuristic

By Sarah Smit
Suicide or not, police killed Aggett
Article
/ 24 January 2020

Suicide or not, police killed Aggett

The trade unionist was interrogated by the police and, 70 days later, was found dead in his cell

By Sarah Smit
Police torture continues
Article
/ 24 January 2020

Police torture continues

Allegations of torture highlights the importance of the new national preventive mechanism and the need for independent custody monitoring

By Sean Tait and David Bruce
‘There were no marks on his neck’, Neil Aggett inquest hears
National
/ 23 January 2020

‘There were no marks on his neck’, Neil Aggett inquest hears

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

By Sarah Smit
Failure to investigate TRC cases during the Mandela era delayed justice, Aggett inquest hears
Article
/ 20 January 2020

Failure to investigate TRC cases during the Mandela era delayed justice, Aggett inquest hears

Counsel for late trade unionist Neil Aggett’s family decries the slow pace of instituting an inquest into his death

By Sarah Smit
Inquest into Neil Aggett’s death begins
Article
/ 20 January 2020

Inquest into Neil Aggett’s death begins

The trade unionist was found hanged in his cell at the John Vorster Square police station in 1982

By Sarah Smit
NPA to re-examine Neil Aggett’s death
Article
/ 7 May 2019

NPA to re-examine Neil Aggett’s death

The Minister of Justice announced that an investigation will reopen over the death of Aggett’s death

By Tymon Smith
No gain without pain, says Cyril’s capitalist comrade
Article
/ 14 September 2018

No gain without pain, says Cyril’s capitalist comrade

Colin Coleman and Cyril Ramaphosa go way back, and the Goldman Sachs banker has the ear of ANC policy gurus

By Carlos Amato
Apartheid culture of police brutality still alive today
Analysis
/ 30 January 2014

Apartheid culture of police brutality still alive today

The anniversary of the death of Neil Aggett is a poignant reminder that police brutality is still happening in post-apartheid South Africa.

By Carolyn Raphaely
History stalks the torturers who drove Neil Aggett to suicide
Article
/ 28 November 2013

History stalks the torturers who drove Neil Aggett to suicide

The case against Neil Aggett’s interrogator could set an important precedent for restorative justice.

By Donald McRae
Questions raised as Hawks probe Neil Aggett’s death
Article
/ 20 September 2013

Questions raised as Hawks probe Neil Aggett’s death

New details about the investigation into Neil Aggett’s death raises questions about the state’s commitment to justice in the case.

By Sarah Evans
Neil Aggett’s tormentor does work for state
Article
/ 9 November 2012

Neil Aggett’s tormentor does work for state

The apartheid policeman who was instrumental in unionist Neil Aggett’s suicide has rebranded himself as a business counterintelligence consultant.

By Drew Forrest
Editorial: Time to bring this torturer to book
Article
/ 9 November 2012

Editorial: Time to bring this torturer to book

A priority crimes litigation unit exists in the National Prosecuting Authority and has a mandate to prosecute apartheid-era human rights violators.

By Editorial

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