Kabir,

Thanks for the forward. 
It is about time that the rogues of the apartheid regime are exposed and prosecuted to the maximum extent allowable by law for the many untold atrocities they committed against the people of that country. Personally, I am of the belief that while truth and reconciliation are fine, those who have committed such crimes should never be left unpunished otherwise what is the deterrent against others repeating the same when they know they can eventually get away with it in the name of truth and reconciliation?

Jabou Joh


 


 

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Subject: Fwd: Apartheid police minister implicates his old boss after prosecutors bring charges against him









Vlock turns on FW 
 

http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Article.aspx?id=521295 
 

Dominic Mahlangu and Moipone Malefane 
 

Published:Jul 22, 2007 
 

Apartheid police minister implicates his old boss after prosecutors bring 

charges against him. 
 

Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok and several of his security chiefs 

have implicated former President FW de Klerk and "other top officials" in 

their submissions to the National Prosecuting Authority. 

The Sunday Times can reveal that Vlok and former Police Commissioner Johann 

van der Merwe — who were both charged this week with the attempted murder of 

the Rev Frank Chikane, Director-General in the office of President Thabo 

Mbeki — are angry that they are the only ones taking the blame for 

atrocities committed during apartheid. 
 

Sunday Times understands that both Vlok and Van der Merwe have made 

submissions pointing fingers at De Klerk and his Cabinet, who allegedly 

approved their activities. 
 

Jan Wagener, attorney for Vlok, Van der Merwe and three police officers, 

refused to disclose the contents of his clients' submissions, saying the 

matter was sub judice. 
 

Dave Steward, speaking on behalf of De Klerk, said they have been in contact 

with Vlok's lawyers and they believe that there is nothing that points a 

finger at De Klerk. 
 

"There is no information that links De Klerk. Nothing," said Steward. 
 

However the Sunday Times has been told that plea-bargaining negotiations 

between lawyers of the two men and the NPA are at an advanced stage. 
 

The offer on the table involves 10-year suspended sentences for Vlok and Van 

der Merwe on condition they help the NPA in other matters involving 

apartheid crimes. 
 

According to an insider close to the talks, submissions made by Vlok and Van 

der Merwe to the NPA are "detailed and damning". 
 

Those close to the process say "big heads will roll and senior National 

Party [NP] Cabinet ministers will have to come out and account for their 

roles". 
 

Many ministers snubbed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in 

1996. 
 

De Klerk, however, told the commission that his party was not prepared to 

accept responsibility for the criminal actions of a handful of operatives in 

the security forces of which the party was not aware and which it would 

never have condoned. The former apartheid security officials who have 

approached the NPA include Eugene de Kock, a mastermind of apartheid hit 

squads against opponents of NP rule. 
 

The willingness by former security agents to co-operate with the NPA comes 

amid speculation that the prosecution of Vlok will open the door for the NPA 

to go after other former Cabinet ministers. 
 

De Kock, who is serving a 212- year sentence in Pretoria's C-Max prison for 

apartheid crimes, contacted the NPA last week requesting an urgent meeting. 

The meeting is being facilitated by a senior politician whose name is known 

to the Sunday Times. 
 

Panyaza Lesufi, the NPA's spokesman, confirmed De Kock had made contact but 

could not say what he might reveal. 
 

Lesufi also confirmed that several former security agents and individuals 

who served the NP regime had contacted the NPA with a view to revealing more 

details of crimes committed in the past. He could not, however, disclose any 

details. 
 

"I can confirm that we have received a number of calls from people who want 

to come forward with information. While we cannot ascertain what they want 

to reveal, we will treat each case on its merits," he said. 
 

Vlok and Van der Merwe are being charged with the attempted murder of 

Chikane when he was general secretary of the South African Council of 

Churches by lacing his clothes with poison. 
 

Following the arrests, De Klerk released a warning that such prosecutions 

were not even-handed, that they were not in keeping with the spirit of the 

democracy negotiations and that they would upset the process of 

reconciliation. 
 

In another statement released yesterday in response to media speculation 

about his fate, De Klerk said through his spokesman Steward that it was 

"exasperating that every time there was any development relating to such 

prosecutions the same old allegations were made trying to implicate Mr De 

Klerk. Each time we had to repeat the same refutations." 
 

He added that the Truth Commission, which had access to all State Security 

Council documents, had failed to find anything implicating De Klerk. 
 

Department of Justice officials said Vlok and other members of the apartheid 

security apparatus were unhappy that they were the only ones taking the fall 

for apartheid atrocities. 
 

The Truth Commission handed over more than 800 cases for further 

investigation and possible prosecution when it ended its hearings in 2004. 
 

The NPA then established a special unit to investigate those cases and begin 

the process of prosecution. 
 

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