MICHAEL SCHMIDT: The big apartheid fish that got away
Surviving apartheid trainees and weapons are still playing a part in the internecine warfare in rural areas
15 September 2022 - 14:48
In 1988 a police “Vlakplaas” death squad under commander Eugene de Kock bombed Khotso House, headquarters of the SA Council of Churches, injuring 18 people.
The bombing was at the instruction of Security Branch chief Lt-Gen Johan van der Merwe, who was given the green light by law & order minister Adriaan Vlok, who in turn got the nod from then president PW Botha...
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