Former police sergeant says she was unable to protect Neil Aggett from seniors
22 January 2021, 9:31 PM | | SABC
A former police sergeant who saw anti-apartheid activist, Neil Aggett, just hours before he died, says she couldn’t protect him because those accused of his assault and torture were her seniors.
Aletta Visser was appointed to investigate complaints against her colleagues at the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg.
Long Read | The officers who interrogated Aggett
The testimony and cross-examination of apartheid-era police who interrogated activist Neil Aggett reveals the mindset of the feared Security Branch officers who covered up his death.
https://www.newframe.com/long-read-the-officers-who-interrogated-aggett/
DEATH IN APARTHEID DETENTION
I could have saved Neil Aggett, former Security Branch policeman tells inquest
Ex-captain says that had he been allowed to continue his interrogation of the trade unionist, ‘he would be alive today’.
South Africa: Ex – apartheid police officer denies involvement in Killing of Neil Aggett
Former Security Branch police officer, under the South African apartheid government, Martin Naude has denied ever being involved in any cover-up of a detainee’s death during his 40-year career as an investigator.
Naude has been on the witness stand for two days, testifying at an inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist, Neil Aggett, who was found hanging in his cell at the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg in February 1982.
Aggett Inquest Updates: January 18 – 22
Naudé concedes Aggett may have been assaulted before he died
Former security branch police officer, Martin Naudé, has conceded that it’s possible that anti-apartheid activist, Neil Aggett may have been assaulted a month before he died at the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg, in the early 1980s.
Aggett was found hanging in his cell at the station in February 1982.
The apartheid security police claimed he committed suicide, but Aggett’s family believes he was murdered.
Naudé, who interrogated Aggett up until a month before he died, has been testifying at the Aggett Inquest, which is being conducted virtually.
Aggett family lawyer Howard Varney took Naudé to task about his evidence at the first inquest, which cleared the security branch of any wrongdoing.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/naude-concedes-aggett-may-have-been-assaulted-before-he-died/
DEATH IN APARTHEID DETENTION
Neil Aggett Inquest: Security Branch veteran admits scramble to prop up flimsy case for ‘biggest treason trial’ since Rivonia
The reopened inquest into the 1982 death in detention of trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett heard the testimony on Tuesday of Security Branch officer Martin Naude, who interrogated Aggett at the notorious John Vorster Square.
DEATH IN APARTHEID DETENTION
Security Branch police in the spotlight as Neil Aggett inquest resumes
Old security police likely to remain mum on Aggett
