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VAN NIEKERK, GDAge Description ... is turned? Is it a sling that is turned quickly? // Yes, almost like an old fashioned farm telephone. // And everyone that you mentioned Mr Zeelie, Van Niekerk, Mostert and yourself, you were present. // Yes, that is correct. // Did anyone do the talking? // Many talked, many asked questions, but ... The comrades retaliated and KwaNdebele burned. Chris van Niekerk was then in charge of the KwaNdebele police. He was opposed to independence and to the KwaNdebele government’s use of Mbokodo to terrorise the local people. // The KwaNdebele government was actually my boss so I had to kind of obey ... The escape entailed that we would say that we took Mr Bopape out to Sebokeng in the vicinity of De Deur close to the Vaal Triangle, where he would have indicated the address of a specific contact person. The role of Mr Bopape was played by Lt Zeelie. We stopped in Lt Engelbrecht’s vehicle, we ... The body of the deceased, Mr Bopape was taken to the cellar where it was transferred into the boot of Lt Zeelie’s vehicle. We left in one car whilst Sgt du Preez and Mr Engelbrecht followed us in a second vehicle and we drove to Bronkhorstspruit. It was not for me to refuse to enter the area and to patrol the area. I had no choice; I had to do what I was told in the performance of my duties. I wasn’t in a position to refuse. The fake escape basically involved only me, Mr Mostert, Mr Engelbrecht. Mr Mostert changed the flat tyre and we went back to the police station, which wasn’t far from there. All the necessary branches were informed about this, the dog unit, the service officer – I phoned him myself and told him ... In the first instance it’s not legal to use any method of force, but in the security branch I experienced that it was a sanctioned approved method which was not the case in the detective branch. I pulled out my service pistol and shot several shots and Lt Zeelie disappeared in the dark and about a kilometre further down there was a vehicle with Mr du Preez waiting for him. Chair person, I was puzzled, I did not believe that he could have died as a result of the shock that we gave him and it bothered me that he died so quickly. We immediately untied him, placed him on the floor and Sgt du Preez gave him mouth to mouth resuscitation. It seemed that he was dead already and I think all of us standing there, including myself, Lt Zeelie, Mr Mostert, Mr Engelbrecht and Mr du Preez all thought that he was dead. If I remember ... ... Bopape during interrogation; two others for disposing of his body; and three generals for covering up the death. // ‘Murder: Lt Col Adriaan Peter van Niekerk, Const Hendrik Albertus Mostert, Const Jacobus Hermanus Engelbrecht, Sgt Johan Ludwig du Preez, Maj Charles Alfred Zeelie. Disposal: Brig ... Lt-Col At van Niekerk gave permission for an electric shock machine to be obtained from the Sandton police station. It was Sunday and this man, Johan du Preez was off duty. But he was quick to comply with the request. As soon as he arrived with his machine the torture plan swung into operation. Du ... In September 1990 four white motorists drove into Kutloanong township near Odendaalsrus. Hours later Anthony Casey, Johannes van Niekerk, Michael Belelie and Shelly Basson were dead, attacked by residents who assumed they were Inkatha supporters. Shelly Basson’s genitals were mutilated and her ... I thought that perhaps he was just pretending, acting but Van Niekerk said that something’s wrong. Everything stopped and Mr. Bopape was taken from the chair. Retired policeman Frank van Niekerk who was one of the policemen hidden in the crates defended his part in the Trojan Horse incident by saying he had simply been following orders. With Piet Ntuli’s assassination things were spinning out of control for the KwaNdebele government. They fired Van Niekerk and replaced him with this man. Brigadier Herzog Lerm was prepared to do what the cabinet asked of him. // Lerm of course came here and made all of Mbokodo special constables ... On a Saturday night in September 1990 four young whites, including a woman drove into Kutloanong township. The first person they met was Philip Matela who is now asking for amnesty for their murder. // They said to me they were looking for the ANC comrades and we knew that the right wingers and the ... Two other men were also refused amnesty. Both Justice Sekgopa and Thamsanqa Jackson, who said they were ANC members, applied for amnesty during the Kroonstad hearings in July. |
