Special Report Transcript Episode 77, Section 3, Time 43:18

The State Security Council, the most powerful decision making body dealing with security matters in the country during the 1980s was the brainchild of PW Botha. At the heart of the TRC’s investigation into the State Security Council is who in the chain of command knew what? This week, both former Minister of Defence, Magnus Malan and the former head of the National Intelligence Service, Niel Barnard implicated their ex boss. From the moment he took the stand on Thursday morning Barnard denied that the Security Council had ever approved the torture and killing of anti-apartheid activists. However, he claimed he had brought it to Botha’s attention that the security forces were involved in abuses.

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