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UPCOMING TIMETABLE:

  1. 30 March 2026     – ADJOURNED
  2. 31 March 2026      – Adv Simelane
  3. 01 April 2026         – Adv Jiba                       Index and Paginated Bundle
  4. 02 April 2026         – ADJOURNED

CRADOCK FOUR INQUEST

(Proceedings adjourned to 6 July 2026)

MEDIA REPORTS:

Ramaphosa named on apartheid assassination list, De Kock tells court

EWN: 27 March 2026 Dimakatso Leshoro

https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/03/27/the-architecture-of-state-terror-de-kock-details-apartheid-s-secret-kill-chain

De Kock claims Ramaphosa was on assassination hit list

JACARANDA FM: | By Bulletin / Jacaranda FM Newswatch

https://www.jacarandafm.com/news/news/de-kock-claims-ramaphosa-was-assassination-hit-list/

Cradock Four inquest: ‘Ramaphosa was on my hit list,’ says Eugene de Kock

EWN: 27 March 2026 Dimakatso Leshoro

https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/03/27/cradock-four-inquest-ramaphosa-was-on-my-hit-list-says-eugene-de-kock

De Kock testifies on chain of command in Cradock four inquest

 

Cradock 4 inquest: Former minister says removal order was ‘misunderstood’

EXPRESS PE: Shanti Jafta 26 March 2026

https://novanews.co.za/peexpress/cradock-4-inquest-former-minister-says-removal-order-was-misunderstood/

Cradock 4 inquest: Witness disputes ‘eliminate’ meant kill, insists directive referred to relocation

NOVA NEWS: 

https://novanews.co.za/cradock-4-inquest-witness-disputes-eliminate-meant-kill-insists-directive-referred-to-relocation/ 

Cradock Four Inquest hears testimony from former security official

Cradock Four inquest: Murder case dockets disappear from two locations

Shanti Jafta | 25 Mar 2026

https://novanews.co.za/cradock-four-inquest-murder-case-dockets-disappear-from-two-locations/

Missing docket in Cradock Four inquest raises questions, says ex-officer

IOL: Brandon Nel|25 March 2026

https://iol.co.za/news/2026-03-24-missing-docket-in-cradock-four-inquest-raises-questions-says-ex-officer/

Missing Cradock four docket fuels claims of interference

ALGOA FM 24 Mar 2026 | Sandy McCowen

https://www.algoafm.co.za/local/missing-cradock-four-docket-fuels-claims-of-interference

Why the truth about the Cradock Four still matters

EWN: Sara-Jayne Makwala King 24 March 2026

https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/03/24/why-the-truth-about-the-cradock-four-still-matters

Widow of Fort Calata still seeks justice for Cradock Four

IOL: Brandon Nel 25 March 2026

https://iol.co.za/news/2026-03-24-widow-of-fort-calata-still-seeks-justice-for-cradock-four/

Cradock Four Inquest Continues with Eugene de Kock on the Stand Today

CENTRAL NEWS: 24 March 2026

https://centralnews.co.za/cradock-four-inquest-continues-with-eugene-de-kock-on-the-stand-today/

Eugene de Kock Testifies at Cradock Four Inquest

CENTRAL NEWS: 24 March 2026

https://centralnews.co.za/eugene-de-kock-testifies-at-cradock-four-inquest/

Eugene de Kock, infamous apartheid police commander, testifies on Cradock Four killings

AP: 24 March 2026

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/eugene-de-kock-infamous-apartheid-police-commander-testifies-on-cradock-four-killings/ar-AA1ZeWmg

De Kok refutes any involvement in execution of the Cradock Four

SABC: Kim Daniels 23 March 2026, 

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/de-kok-refutes-any-involvement-in-execution-of-the-cradock-four/

De Kok admits to becoming accessory after altering bullet ballistics

SABC: 24 March 2026

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/i-was-asked-to-change-cradock-four-cases-ballistics-de-kok/

‘Prime Evil’: Apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock says orders to kill came from PW Botha

IOL: 24 March 2026 Brandon Nel

https://iol.co.za/news/2026-03-23-prime-evil-apartheid-assassin-eugene-de-kock-says-orders-to-kill-came-from-pw-botha/

‘Cradock Four were not terrorists’ — ‘Prime Evil’ De Kock takes stand in inquest

DAILY MAVERICK: 23 May 2026 Rian Malan

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-03-23-cradock-four-were-not-terrorists-prime-evil-de-kock-takes-stand-in-inquest/

Notorious apartheid police commander testifies at South African hearing on killings

AP: 23 March 2026 By MICHELLE GUMEDE 

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/notorious-apartheid-police-commander-prime-evil-testifies-south-131330654

Eugene De Kock denies direct role in Cradock four murders

ALGOA FM: 23 April 2026 Sandy McCowan

https://www.algoafm.co.za/local/eugene-de-kock-denies-direct-role-in-cradock-four-murders

De Kock says activists were not seen as terrorists

ENCA: 23 March 2026

https://www.enca.com/news/de-kock-says-activists-were-not-seen-terrorists

 

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