Security branch police officer denies involvement in covering up Aggett’s death
Former security branch police officer Nicolaas Deetlefs has denied involvement in covering up anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett’s death. However, during cross-examination, Deetlefs confessed that they did cover up the assaults and torture of detainees at the then John Vorster Square Police Station. He has been testifying at the inquest into Aggett’s death at the High Court in Johannesburg. Aggett was found hanging in his cell on the 5 February 1982. […]
