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Special Report Transcript Episode 10, Section 2, Time 01:33Dirk Coetzee’s death squad revelations in the weekly newspaper Vrye Weekblad in November ’89. According to Coetzee he and his four man death squad assassinated this man, Griffiths Mxenge in 1981. ‘Nonsense’, police said. ‘The man was crazy, Vlakplaas never killed anyone.’ // A claim by a former police captain that he led a hit squad that eliminated government opponents has been firmly rejected by former Police Commissioner General Johan Coetzee. Notes: Newspaper reports; Griffiths Mxenge; Newspaper headline: ‘It’s laughable, say top police’; ‘The death squad confessions’; TV News 18 Nov 1989 References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims GlossaryWas abducted near his home on 19 November 1981 by Vlakplaas operatives and taken to Umlazi Stadium, Durban. There he was repeatedly stabbed until he was dead, and his body was mutilated. Mxenge was an attorney who acted in several political trials. The operation was allegedly conducted on the ... |