Neil Aggett
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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
Slice of life: ‘Those people, they have killed Neil’
Most of the workers said his face, it looked like Jesus
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
Suicide or not, police killed Aggett
The trade unionist was interrogated by the police and, 70 days later, was found dead in his cell
Police torture continues
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‘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
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
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
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
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