Special Report Transcript Episode 49, Section 3, Time 12:10

The late 1980s and even the early 1990s saw the emergence of several vigilante groups in many townships around South Africa. Groups that were formed originally with legitimate grievances but who were quickly infiltrated and used by the security forces as part of a counter mobilization strategy against the forces fighting for democracy. The Truth Commission’s Human Rights Violations Committee sitting in Ermelo in Mpumalanga this week heard the story of one such group, the vicious Black Cats.

Notes: Max du Preez