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Special Report Transcript Episode 5, Section 2, Time 00:25For 14 years the mother has waited for this day. To tell the world of the policeman who had tortured her son before he finally disappeared. This morning, Elizabeth Mtimkulu is going to the Truth Commission. // I am thanking God that this day has come. That’s what kept me … // She and her husband Sipho are armed with a set of diaries Siphiwo Mtimkulu wrote in detention. It tells the story of a gang of Eastern Cape security policemen who savaged and brutalised the young man. // Although he is dead he can still talk. He is talking now. I’m glad about that. Notes: Siphiwo’s mother; Elizabeth Mtimkulu ; Voiceover; Elizabeth Mtimkulu References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC VictimsGriffiths Mxenge 234 Mr Griffiths Mxenge, a prominent Durban lawyer, was stabbed to death on 19 November 1981. The Commission received amnesty applications from Captain Dirk Coetzee [AM0063/96], commander of C1, the Vlakplaas unit; Vlakplaas members Constable Butana Almond Nofemela [AM0064/96] ... 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, ... |