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Special Report Transcript Episode 33, Section 2, Time 04:06Sizwe Kondile, a prominent student activist and ANC member, was arrested entering South Africa from Lesotho on 26 June 1981. In an attempt to escape he dived through a window, his hands were cuffed behind his back and he landed on his head. The brain injury he suffered could not be explained away. Colonel Nick van Rensburg called in the expertise of the then Vlakplaas commander, Dirk Coetzee. Notes: Charity Kondile (East London hearings, April 1996) References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims GlossaryAbduction, interrogation and killing 278 This section deals with a different category of killings – where the primary purpose was to obtain information, and death followed, apparently in order to protect the information received. Victims in almost all of these cases were suspected of having ... MK actions and state response 129 From the mid-1970s, there were a number of trials of people who had undergone military training, and in many cases detainees were interrogated and tortured before being brought to trial. In most instances, the suspects had not been involved in any operations, ... Northern Natal Security Branch 238. The Northern Natal Security Branch was based at Newcastle, with operatives based at Vryheid, Empangeni, Eshowe, Jozini, Ndumo, Melmoth and Nongoma. 239. Two applications were received from the Northern Natal Security Branch for an abduction and two killings, one ... |