Jeremy Veary wrote in the Cape Argus: The irony is that former members of the “old guard” serving under the previous regime were allowed to carry on in their posts and even retire with their commissioned ranks and pensions intact without the Opposition even batting an eyelid. Captain Jeff Benzien linked to the “wet bag” torture of cadres, Tony Yengeni, Ashley Forbes and Yasmina Pandy ended up fighting crime in the Police Air Wing. Colonel Gideon Nieuwoudt continued to serve even after he had murdered the Pebco 3 and the six security policemen linked to the murders of the Cradock 4 (including cadres Matthew Goniwe and Fort Calata) also remained in the service of the State after their evil deeds. I suffered the indignation of sharing the same table with Johan Kleyn and John Sterrenberg in full Officers uniform at an Area Community Policing Forum meeting long after they were linked to the killing of the Gugulethu 7 in 1986.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:37:27 +0000
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