As in his previous interview, commissioner Griffiths Madonsela SC asked De Villiers pressing questions about the role he played in the military during the apartheid years.
On Tuesday, urging him to “come clean”, Madonsela asked: “Did you serve in the army during the height of apartheid, when the military was harassing black people in the townships?”
“In my CV I did reflect that I served in the military, but let me take the commissioners to a dark time. I never served in the township because I didn’t want to. When you say soldiers harassed people in the township, I didn’t. That is because I made a plan. The plan was to do an advanced law course and I became a lawyer and I sat at the commando offices,” said De Villiers.
He said he had no choice but to join the military, describing it as a “right of passage and a duty one had to do”. “I would like you to tell the commissioners because every time a white male sits here, this question is asked. What happened to white men when they refused to do military service?” she asked.
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