Des Erasmus
AfriForum chief executive Kallie Kriel will on Thursday testify at the Khampepe Commission about alleged political interference that prevented the prosecution of ANC members implicated in attacks on civilians during the anti-apartheid struggle.
Also set to appear is Jacob Gabriël Cilliers van der Merwe, who will give oral evidence about the 1978 killing of his father, Jaap van der Merwe, near the Botswana border.
There were no prosecutions following that murder, according to Van der Merwe and AfriForum.
Jaap van der Merwe was a farmer in the Northum area, where Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) used to conduct cross-border raids from Botswana in the late 70s.
AfriForum has alleged that Jaap van der Merwe’s body was never recovered and that a suspect known to authorities did not receive amnesty and
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