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KOCK, MMAge Description ... Durban human rights lawyer. Ngqulunga was later tortured and killed by his own handlers at Vlakplaas in 1990 under orders from Colonel Eugene de Kock, when they felt that he was becoming a security risk to them. Colonel De Kock applied for amnesty for the killing. Ngqulunga’s family ... ... The Commission has also received applications from the team of security police operatives assembled for the attack – Craig Williamson, Eugene de Kock, Major John Adam, Jerry Raven, ‘Vic’ McPherson and Captain Jimmy Taylor. In his application, Coetzee states that the instruction to ... victims, were acting in reasonable self-defence. Vlakplaas operatives Willie Nortje [AM3764/96], Izak Daniel Bosch [AM3765/96] and Colonel Eugene de Kock [AM0066/96] applied for amnesty in respect of these four killings. The Case of the Quarry Road Four On 7 September 1986, members of the ... ... they viewed as a war context. 186 Former leaders subsequently distanced themselves from those who were doing the work of the state. As Eugene de Kock said in mitigation of sentence, “One would now believe that I was the only individual who fought the ANC.” Once loyal subjects of the former ... ... not afford the resources in time, money and personnel that wewould have had to invest in such an operation. Judging from what happened inthe De Kock and so-called Malan trials, the route of trials would have stretchedan already hard-pressed judicial system beyond reasonable limits. It would ... ... and ultimately killed, have left many South Africans deeply shocked. The media has understandably focused on these events - labelling Eugene de Kock, the Vlakplaas commander, ‘Prime Evil’. The vast majority of victims who either made statements to the Commission or who appeared at public ... ... inquire into and report on the oversight on the monetary system and the monetary policy in South Africa. Date of Report: November 1982 Chair: DE KOCK, G.P.C. Ref: RP 93/1982 1982 Commission of Inquiry into the Mass Media Mandate: To continue with and build on the work of the Van Zijl ... ... mortuary after searching for him for three days at local hospitals. 39 In his amnesty application to the Commission and at his trial, Mr Eugene de Kock alleged that Mr Themba Khoza was a paid Security Branch informer. ... ... a result of some of the testimonies to the Commission and, particularly, the trial of and television documentary (“Prime Evil”) about Eugene de Kock. To some extent, the Commission has helped release traumatised ex-conscripts from ’the prison of silence’ surrounding their experiences and, ... ... tend to have less emotions about their acts than do victims. This may be illustrated in the recent book by Vlakplaas operative Colonel Eugene de Kock9, where repeated acts of violence are described in a matter-of-fact manner: I continued to shoot at him. He finally fell down dead. Nortje ... ... that in fact they are sorry about what they did. 100 A few amnesty applicants did seem sensitive to this need for restitution. Colonel Eugene de Kock devoted the royalties from the sale of his autobiography to a trust fund for victims. Mr Sakkie van Zyl saw his participation in the clearing of ... ... that it was ever the policy of my party or government. 19 In contrast, there is the perception of convicted Vlakplaas killer Colonel Eugene de Kock in the closing pages of his book:4 Yet the person who sticks most of all in my throat is former State President FW de Klerk. Not because I can ... ... members is a complex one. 7 Section 3(1)(a). 8 R Baumeister, Evil: inside human violence and cruelty. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1997, p. 18. 9 De Kock (1997). 10 South West African People’s Organisation. Perpetrators as victims? 53 A further problem of perspective is the thorny question of ... ... 1998, with Mr Victor Lugaju presiding.19 Amongst the witnesses for the state were Archbishop Tutu and other members of the Commission. Mr Eugene de Kock also gave evidence. 116 On 21 August 1998, Mr Botha was found guilty of failing to attend at the time and place specified in the subpoena. He ... ... to call Brigadier Schoon at the Security Branch headquarters in Pretoria and request the assistance of Vlakplaas. Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock evaluated the request and chose Bellingan to lead a team of operatives. Other members were a black security policeman known as Thapelo Johannes ... ... or issued and instruction with such a sinister objective”, it is also quite clear that in the minds of operatives such as Colonel Eugene de Kock, they were acting under orders. There seems to be ample evidence of such orders in De Kock’s recent book. It is also clear from De Kock’s ... ... MAJOR GENERAL JOEP JOUBERT; FORMER COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, GENERAL JOHAN VAN DER MERWE; BRIGADIER CRONJÉ; FORMER VLAKPLAAS COMMANDER, EUGENE DE KOCK; VLAKPLAAS ASKARIS DANIEL NKALA AND JOE MAMASELA, AND SPECIAL BRANCH MEMBERS ROELOF VENTER, MARTHINUS DELPORT AND FRANCOIS STEENKAMP. THE ... ... operatives including Wouter Mentz [AM2775/96], Colonel Dave Baker and Warrant Officer Louw van Niekerk were under orders from Colonel Eugene de Kock. 241 There were, in addition, numerous arson attacks on properties housing antiapartheid organisations. During 1985, union offices in Cape ... ... were clearly at times covertly proud of the violent actions of ‘their own’. 44 Sometimes, this pride was not even covert. Colonel Eugene de Kock was awarded numerous medals for his actions. It is claimed that the former Minister of Law and Order, Mr Adriaan Vlok, attended a party with ... ... to the Commission was the fullness of the disclosures made by an individual often painted as the arch-villain of the apartheid era – Mr Eugene de Kock. Whatever his motives, the Commission acknowledges that it was largely he who broke the code of silence. 33 It is unfortunate, in the ... |
