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Political interference in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) meant that many cases involving the deaths of anti-apartheid activists didn’t “see the light of day” for many years. This included the murder of Dr Neil Aggett at the hands of police officials in 1982.
Has South Africa established a firm commitment to democratic constitutionalism? The past couple of weeks leave the answer to this question rather disturbingly open.
The family of late anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett is desperate to find out the truth behind the unionist's death in 1982.
The activist and doctor was still alive when he was hanged by his torturers.
A raft of confessions have been published in the past three decades chronicling the stories of white men in uniform who plied their trade as apartheid heavies and enforcers. The brutality they dispensed – killings, assassinations, torture, beatings – also came to light in two commissions: t...