US Edition2 Former South African Apartheid Police Officers Are Convicted of Killing an Activist 38 Years Ago
Two apartheid-era officers convicted for the 1987 murder of activist Caiphus Nyoka after a 2019 confession and decades of impunity in political killings, court records show.
- Two former South African apartheid-era police officers, Abraham Engelbrecht and Pieter Stander, were convicted of murder for killing activist Caiphus Nyoka in 1987.
- Police officer Johan Marais confessed in 2019 to Nyoka's killing and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, prompting the prosecution of Engelbrecht and Stander.
- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission found thousands of political killings during apartheid but hardly any were prosecuted, leading to new investigations.
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Two apartheid police officers found guilty of murdering activist Caiphus Nyoka
The Pretoria High Court sitting in the Johannesburg High Court has found two former apartheid police officers guilty of the premeditated murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka. In a joint statement on Tuesday, the Gauteng NPA and Hawks said former Sergeants Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht, 61, and Pieter Stander, 60, were convicted, while their former commanding officer, Major Leon Louis Van Den Berg, 75, was acquitted. The court heard that Engel…
In South Africa, it's a judgment that has been expected for 38 years. One night in August 1987, police officers enter the home where Caiphus Nyoka, a young anti-apartheid activist, lives and kills him coldly. For several decades, these policemen escape justice. But it was without counting on the fight of his sisters and human rights associations. An investigation is finally reopened. A trial is taking place. Last September, one of the policemen …
In Activist's Apartheid-Era Killing, Justice Finally Comes
Two former apartheid-era police officers in South Africa were found guilty of murder Tuesday in the 1987 killing of activist and student leader Caiphus Nyoka. Nyoka's fatal shooting at his family home near Johannesburg during the period of white minority rule was one of many alleged abuses by apartheid police...
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2 former South African apartheid police officers are convicted of killing an activist 38 years ago
Two former apartheid-era police officers in South Africa have been found guilty of murder in the 1987 killing of activist and student leader Caiphus Nyoka.
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