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TRC Cases Inquiry | Former top cop rejects cover-up claims

A former apartheid-era detainee who rose to one of the most powerful positions in democratic policing has denied any role in suppressing justice, telling the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry that his life story is rooted in accountability - not cover-ups. Former SAPS Crime Intelligence head, Rayman Lalla, who once operated underground for the African National Congress (ANC) and endured torture at the hands of apartheid security forces, […]

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Mpshe denies political interference in TRC cases

Former acting National Director of Public Prosecutions, Mokotedi Mpshe, has firmly rejected allegations that he interfered in apartheid-era prosecutions, telling the TRC cases inquiry that he neither suppressed cases nor acted on political instructions. Testifying before the commission established by Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday, Mpshe instead painted a picture of institutional resistance, claiming he was compelled to step in only after law enforcement agencies failed to act on Truth and […]

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TRC cases inquiry | Pikoli testimony reveals why Cradock Four justice stalled

More than three decades after the brutal killing of the Cradock Four, testimony before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry has laid bare a troubling picture of political fears, missing evidence and institutional resistance that stalled efforts to prosecute apartheid-era crimes. Former National Director of Public Prosecutions, Vusi Pikoli, told the inquiry he shares the view of victims’ families that the case involving the slain anti-apartheid activists was not meaningfully pursued […]

todayMarch 13, 2026 117 1

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Ramaphosa says he asked Khampepe to step down as TRC inquiry chair amid bias concerns

President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that he asked retired Constitutional Court Justice Sisi Khampepe to step down as chair of the inquiry into delayed apartheid-era prosecutions, in an effort to protect the credibility of the process. In papers filed before the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Ramaphosa said the request was made through the Justice Minister to avoid criticism that the commission could not operate impartially or without perceived associations […]

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