Hogan recalls the last time she saw Aggett via SABCNewsOnline
Barbara Hogan is a former Minister of Public Enterprises and an anti-apartheid activist.
Former Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan says the last time she saw anti-apartheid activist Dr Neil Aggett alive was in early January 1982 at the then John Vorster Square Police Station in Johannesburg.Hogan is testifying atShe says she last saw Aggett as she was being transferred to Heidelberg from John Vorster.
“And one morning Deeklifs arrives, and said that I have to go to John Vorster Square. A newspaper van drove past us, and it had a headline, a poster which said detainee’s death creates a furore, and I said to Deeklifs, ‘who have you killed?’ He turned around to me and said it’s someone you’re close to. So, I was taken to John Vorster Square. My sister was there with my parents. My sister immediately said, ‘have you heard about Neil?’ I screamed at her and said she may not speak any further.
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