Journalist says apartheid unit that may have staged suicides is being probed after death of Mark Minnie
Marianne Thamm says Mark Minnie‚ co-author of a book about an alleged paedophile ring involving apartheid defence minister Magnus Malan‚ had feared for his life
A "state-sanctioned" unit that might have been used to stage suicides during the apartheid era is under investigation again‚ journalist Marianne Thamm said on Tuesday. Thamm’s disclosure‚ in an article for the Daily Maverick‚ followed the reported suicide of former police officer Mark Minnie‚ co-author of a book about an alleged paedophile ring involving apartheid defence minister Magnus Malan‚ three National Party cabinet ministers and a prominent business person. Thamm‚ who wrote the foreword to the book Minnie penned with investigative journalist Chris Steyn‚ said Minnie had feared for his life as a result of their investigation.
"During my meeting with him in Cape Town in 2017, he informed me that he feared for his life and that the book would stir a hornet’s nest. He also said that those who had done the bidding of the former government were still around and had never been called to account‚" she said. Minnie’s son‚ Markus Mordiac‚ wrote a chilling post about the book nin...
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