NPA renews investigation into MK fighter’s death at hands of apartheid cop.
The drive from Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats to the state mortuary in Salt River is not a long one. But it can be a lonely and tormenting marathon for those making their way there to identify the body of a relative.
That was her first sight of her 19-year-old brother since he had left home to become a fighter at the tender age of 17. A visit to the scene of the killing in a house in Hazendal, Athlone an area which once had Trevor Manuel — then aactivist — as a resident, reinforced her belief that her brother was murdered. “It seemed that they had dragged my brother from the kitchen to the bathroom. There were blood splatters on most of the walls.”
“Life is precious and judged ex post facto, and based on today’s political situation of reconciliation, his death was unnecessary.”On 15 July 1987, he claimed, he and a colleague, Sergeant AD Abels, had been instructed to watch a house in Hazendal to see if Kriel was hiding there. Abels knocked on the front door and a man opened it. Benzien recognised him as Kriel and introduced himself as a member of the South African Police. A struggle ensued, according to him.
Two years ago, he wrote that he had given evidence at the inquest. He noted that he had found the size of a bullet hole in Kriel’s tracksuit top to be implausible. Now, Benzien may finally have to tell the truth because the National Prosecuting Authority is taking a closer look at the killing. Last week a Cape Town-based investigator was in touch with Assure.“There’s some stuff that they need to get from Dr Klatzow.”
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