LIVE TESTIMONIES:
26 OCTOBER 2026: MR EUGENE DE KOCK
28 OCTOBER 2026: COLONEL BESTER
29 OCTOBER 2026: ADV MPSHE
TRANSCRIPTS:
- 26-10-26 Mr De Kock
- 28-10-26 Col Bester
- 29-10-26 Adv Mpshe
MEDIA REPORTS:
Mpshe concedes 2005 NPA guidelines were unconstitutional
SABC 29 October 2026
Former Acting National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Mokotedi Mpshe has conceded that Head of the Priority Crimes Litigation Unit, Anton Ackermann, was correct in his view that the amended National Prosecution Authority (NPA) prosecution guidelines passed in 2005 were unconstitutional.
The guidelines originating from an inter-departmental Task Team of Director Generals, expanded the criteria for prosecuting apartheid-era perpetrators of human rights abuses.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/mpshe-concedes-2005-npa-guidelines-were-unconstitutional/
Khampepe probe — Selebi ordered TRC files sealed, says ‘master file’ keeper Louis Bester
The retired police colonel has told the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry that the then national commissioner, Jackie Selebi, ordered 10 boxes of TRC files sealed amid allegations that a disputed memorandum had been altered to suggest prosecutors planned to arrest senior ANC figures, including Thabo Mbeki.
DAILY MAVERICK 29 October 2026 by Marianne Thamm
Retired South African police colonel Louis Bester, keeper under lock and key of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) master file transferred to the South African Police Service (SAPS) by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in 2004, has told the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into delayed prosecutions that he sealed 10 boxes on instruction of the national commissioner at the time, Jackie Selebi.
Thabo Mbeki to Return to TRC Cases Commission for Cross-Examination
He appeared before the inquiry last week to give his side of the story on the delay in the prosecution of TRC cases. The Khampepe Commission is investigating claims of interference that prevented cases from being pursued after the TRC completed its work.
De Kock’s evidence demands that De Klerk lose his Nobel Prize, that Roelf Meyer be recalled, and that all responsible face the full consequences
KHAMPEPE COMMISSION IOL OPINION: Carl Niehaus|Published29 October 2026
TRC Cases Inquiry | Bester Grilled Over Questionable Apartheid-Era Files And Police Audit
Y-FM 28 October 2026
Retired police Colonel, Louis Bester, has struggled to account for discrepancies in a police audit of apartheid-era cases, with questions raised about the handling of sensitive Truth and Reconciliation Commission dockets and whether information submitted to the Khampepe Commission was misleading.
Lawyer for apartheid victims’ families, Advocate Howard Varney, challenged Bester over why some cases were flagged for possible further inquests despite records indicating that prosecutions had already taken place or that further inquiries were deemed unnecessary.
The Umtata raid: Refuting Eugene de Kock’s claims
Johan Mostert, who was present at the 1993 SSC meeting, says the operation was a collective decision based upon faulty military intelligence
https://www.politicsweb.co.za/news/the-umtata-raid-refuting-eugene-de-kocks-claims
IFP rejects De Kock’s claims of apartheid-era payments, threatens legal action
AFRICAN INSIDER:
Johannesburg – The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has rejected allegations linking it to payments from former apartheid police officer Eugene de Kock, with party representative Alco Ngobese describing the claims as unfounded.
Ngobese said the party had not received money from De Kock or his associates and denied that the IFP had co-operated with the apartheid government.
“This is unfounded, and there is no basis for that,” he said.
“There is no way that the IFP received money from Eugene de Kock and the gang. There is no way that we co-operated with the apartheid government whatsoever.”
Ngobese’s response follows De Kock’s testimony before the TRC Cases Inquiry, which is examining allegations that efforts were made to obstruct investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes.
‘Why were they never prosecuted?’ Jacques Pauw on Eugene de Kock’s apartheid revelations
Jacques Pauw says Eugene de Kock’s testimony at the Khampepe Commission raises questions about why senior apartheid-era police officers and politicians escaped prosecution.
Former apartheid death squad commander Eugene de Kock has told the Khampepe Commission he could have helped expose the senior police officers and politicians behind apartheid-era killings, but said nobody asked him.
De Kock headed the Vlakplaas police unit and was convicted of multiple murders in 1996.
10,000 detonators and landmines from the apartheid era buried in South Africa
DE KOCK’S TESTIMONY RAISES QUESTIONS OVER APARTHEID-ERA OFFICIALS
HEARTFM 27 October 2026
LUNGANI MNGUNI, HEART FM NEWS
Former TRC Investigator and Author Zenzile Khoisan says Eugene de Kock’s testimony at the Khampepe Commission proves that other authorities from the apartheid-era will still have to come forward and answer for the human rights offences committed under their watch.
Speaking exclusively to HeartFM, he says De Kock did not act alone, and that his evidence implicates the senior officials who gave the orders and allowed atrocities to happen.
https://heartfm.co.za/de-kocks-testimony-raises-questions-over-apartheid-era-officials/
WATCH | ‘I was never called’: De Kock says apartheid’s political bosses escaped justice
AFRICAN INSIDER:
Cape Town – Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock has told the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry that he was willing to provide evidence against senior apartheid-era police officers and politicians but was never called upon to help prosecute them.
De Kock, 77, testified on Monday during an inquiry into alleged interference and delays in investigating and prosecuting crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
He argued that investigators and prosecutors had failed to pursue those higher up the chain of command, leaving him among the few people held criminally accountable for atrocities committed under apartheid.
Khampepe Commission seeks up to six-month extension to complete work
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases inquiry, formally known as the Khampepe Commission, has requested a four- to six-month extension from President Cyril Ramaphosa to complete its investigation into alleged political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.
The commission is currently expected to conclude its work and submit its final report by 18 December 2026, after previously receiving an extension in late 2025.
Commission spokesperson Lionel Adendorf said in a television interview on Monday that delays had affected the inquiry and that it needed additional time to allow all witnesses an opportunity to testify.
Adendorf said former president Jacob Zuma had not appeared before the commission as scheduled due to ill health and was communicating with the commission’s legal team about his availability.
https://insidepolitic.co.za/khampepe-commission-seeks-up-to-six-month-extension-to-complete-work/
Eugene de Kock claims Roelf Meyer politically interfered in apartheid-era prosecutions
EWN Dimakatso Leshoro 27 October 2026
Testifying before the Khampepe Commission, which is probing delays in TRC cases, De Kock alleged that senior figures were shielded from accountability.
Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock brought up Roelf Meyer’s name when asked about alleged political interference in apartheid-era prosecutions.
Meyer is South Africa’s ambassador to the United States. He is a former National Party Cabinet minister who played a key role in negotiations to end apartheid alongside Cyril Ramaphosa.
He was ,appointed ambassador to Washington by President Ramaphosa in 2026.
‘Prime Evil’ Eugene de Kock says apartheid-era leaders made him the fall guy
THE NATIONAL: 26 OCTOBER 2026 by Siyabinga Sithole
Eugene de Kock, the former apartheid-era police colonel notoriously known as ‘Prime Evil’ for his role in the apartheid death squads, has testified that he was made a scapegoat for the crimes against humanity.
Appearing before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry probing allegations of political interference in TRC cases, De Kock stated that FW De Klerk’s Nobel Peace Prize must be revoked because he is a killer who was never convicted.
The convicted murderer, a former Vlakplaas security police base commander, also stated that he did not conduct his own recruitment of Askaris. Individuals held under Section 29 of the Internal Security Act assigned them.
Eugene de Kock Says He Was Made a Scapegoat at TRC Inquiry
CENTRAL NEWS: 26 OCTOBER 2026 by Thabo Mosia
Johannesburg – Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock appeared before the TRC Cases Inquiry on Monday and said he was made a scapegoat. He also said “FW De Klerk’s Nobel peace prize must be revoked because he is a killer who was never convicted.”
De Kock, widely known as “Prime Evil,” commanded the C10 counter-insurgency unit based at Vlakplaas, a farm west of Pretoria that became synonymous with the abduction, torture and killing of anti-apartheid activists. He is testifying before the inquiry chaired by retired Justice Sisi Khampepe. The commission is examining alleged deliberate political interference and delays that prevented the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
https://centralnews.co.za/eugene-de-kock-says-he-was-made-a-scapegoat-at-trc-inquiry/
Eugene de Kock recounts thallium poisonings and source of bombing instructions
Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock says he had all the information required to have senior politicians and generals prosecuted, but was not asked to testify.
The 77-year-old was on Monday before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into possible interference and deliberate delays in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.
Vlakplaas was the infamous counterinsurgency unit that retrained captured liberation fighters to carry out attacks on liberation movements.
De Kock stressed that the generals involved in committing crimes during the 1980s were not prosecuted, suggesting it was done deliberately to shield National Party politicians.
“I believe that if the generals had been prosecuted, they would have disclosed the source of their instructions and that they would have implicated political officer bearers,” De Kock told the commission.
‘Prime Evil’ De Kock accuses NPA of failing to pursue apartheid-era crimes
Former apartheid-era police colonel Eugene de Kock says the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has never approached him for information on the murders of freedom fighters, despite his willingness to assist with investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes.
De Kock, who commanded the C10 counter-insurgency unit based at Vlakplaas, a farm west of Pretoria, said he was prepared to provide information about the squad’s operations and the senior officials who gave the orders, but the prosecuting authority failed to act.
He said this led him to suspect that there may have been an agreement at a higher level to cover up the crimes, leaving him to take the blame.
Eugene de Kock Calls for FW de Klerk’s Nobel Peace Prize to Be Revoked
Former President F.W. de Klerk’s Nobel Peace Prize should be revoked because he has the blood of children on his hands
NEWSDAY: 26 OCTOBER 2026
Former South African Police colonel Eugene de Kock said that former President F.W. de Klerk’s Nobel Peace Prize should be revoked.
This, he said in an interview, was because De Klerk has the blood of South African children on his hands.
De Kock appeared before the Khampepe Commission on Monday, 26 October 2026, saying that top government officials knew and supported their operations.
De Kock Accuses Senior Apartheid Officials of Directing Crimes and Prosecutors of Failing to Act
Local, News, VOC News
Former apartheid-era police officer Eugene de Kock has told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission inquiry that senior political office bearers knew about and were allegedly involved in crimes committed under apartheid.
De Kock alleged that former Law and Order Minister Louis le Grange approved the bombing of African National Congress offices in London. He also claimed that Adriaan Vlok, who later held the portfolio, congratulated him after bombings targeting COSATU House and the South African Council of Churches. De Kock confirmed that senior police generals were never prosecuted.
