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| Time | Summary | | | 24:37 | In November 1989 a man called Dirk Coetzee gave the first documented and detailed account of the South African Police death squad at Vlakplaas. He also told of his share in the murder of activist and lawyer, Griffiths Mxenge. One of his Vlakplaas colleagues, Almond Nofemela confirmed his statements. When we look back today, Coetzee’s revelations were a first step in a process that eventually led us to today’s Truth Commission, but at the time Coetzee’s account of Vlakplaas and the Mxenge murder was vehemently denied and he was called a liar by the police and by the Attorney-General of Natal. Is it not ironic that today Dirk Coetzee and Almond Nofemela are on trial for the very murder they were supposed to have lied about and that they were charged by the very same Attorney-General? Don’t you also find that the man who unlike Coetzee actively took part in the brutal murder of Mxenge, Joe Mamasela is the state’s main witness against him? We will watch the trial and Coetzee’s ...more | Full Transcript | | 26:42 | End credits | Full Transcript |
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