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Apartheid

Crime History World

The Odd Couple

Madeleine Fullard is on a mission to locate the remains of apartheid’s murdered activists. She needs the help of Eugene de Kock, a former police squad leader known as “Prime Evil,” to do so.

Justine van der Leun The Guardian Jun 2015 30min Permalink

World

"I Have Sinned Against the Lord and Against You! Will You Forgive Me?"

Adriaan Vlok, a former apartheid leader, seeks redemption.

Eve Fairbanks The New Republic Jun 2014 20min Permalink

World

The Healer

After a racial hazing incident, the first black head of South Africa’s University of Free State confronts the myths of the reconciliation era.

Eve Fairbanks The New Republic Jun 2010 20min Permalink

World

The Smit Murders Reexamined

It is agreed that the 1977 political murder of a couple in Johannesburg was a political killing that covered up mysterious Swiss Bank deposits. Various reports implicate Cuban Nationalists, Italian Fascists and the CIA.

James Myburgh PoliticsWeb Jun 2010 Permalink