Joao Rodrigues
latest news & developments
João Rodrigues, apartheid police clerk accused of 1971 Timol murder, dies
The former apartheid police officer who was charged with the murder of Ahmed Timol ‘saved’ by the grave
A renewed commitment to TRC cases
The NPA and the Hawks are allocating people and resources to investigate apartheid-era crimes that have gone unpunished, but not everyone is altogether happy about it.
João Rodrigues is running out of road to appeal
The former apartheid security police officer’s attempt to use political interference as a reason not to stand trial for murder has failed
João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty
The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971
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
Can the NPA save face on unresolved apartheid deaths?
Doors have opened for the Timol, Simelane and Aggett families but doubts still linger about the NPA’s behaviour and culpability
Application denied: Rodrigues to stand trial for Timol murder
João ‘Jan’ Rodrigues’ application for a stay of prosecution has been dismissed. He will stand trial for the 1971 murder of activist Ahmed Timol
TRC commissioners demand justice
Former truth and reconciliation commissioners are entering a court battle to see a former policeman prosecuted
Ramaphosa urged to establish judicial inquiry into lack of apartheid prosecutions
Imtiaz Cajee, the nephew of murdered anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol, will recommend an inquiry to probe the capture of the NPA and SAPS
Timol family granted access to oppose apartheid cop’s attempt to ‘escape justice’
The Timol family wants to stop former Security Branch clerk Joao Rodrigues from being granted a permanent stay of prosecution
Activist families fear precedent-setting case by apartheid cop
Families of slain activists are fighting against an apartheid-era cop’s attempt to avoid prosecution permanently
Daughter of apartheid cop accused of Timol’s murder speaks out
Tilana Stander says she has not spoken to her father for years but helped the Timol Foundation find him
Families, justice minister, NPA challenge Rodrigues’ attempt to escape prosecution
Rodrigues had attempted to halt proceedings permanently
Apartheid cop to finally stand trial for Timol murder
João Rodrigues, who is accused of murdering anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in police custody in 1971, will stand trial in 2019
Timol: New case against security cop
The NPA has, until now, failed to prosecute perpetrators who didn’t get amnesty from the TRC