Apartheid Atrocities

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