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Special e-book editionNONGQAI Magazine Vol 12 No 12B - December 2021 |
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"the danger of a single story"
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SECURITY BRANCH (SAP-SB)
a holistic, comparative analysis of the role of the SAP-SB (vs. the ANC-MK) in South Africa's transition to a non-racial democracy
Brig. H.B. Heymans & Dr. W.P. Steenkamp
This Special Edition of Nongqai (while not seeking to deny or defend the indefensible – which, lamentably, on occasion had indeed occurred), will seek to put in your hands, the evidence and arguments that the “single story” omits. Such as that, from 1969 to 1990, a total of only 67 all-cause deaths had occurred in SAP-SB detention – compared to, for example, 474 Aboriginal deaths in Australian police detention during that same period. Or the 50,000 forced disappearances and further 30,000 eliminations during Latin America’s “Dirty War”. Or the “+-900” deaths admitted to by the ANC-MK in their camps abroad. And the 672 deaths by “necklacing” (i.e., burning alive) of political opponents of the ANC.
We will share extracts from detailed, reasoned instructions in writing by SAP-SB commanders, which make clear that the propaganda nature of this political conflict was well understood, and thus that any police excesses would surely harm their own cause. On the topic of cause, we will look at what truly had motivated these officers. Was it pure racism, as suggested by the “single story”?
We will share extracts from detailed, reasoned instructions in writing by SAP-SB commanders, which make clear that the propaganda nature of this political conflict was well understood, and thus that any police excesses would surely harm their own cause. On the topic of cause, we will look at what truly had motivated these officers. Was it pure racism, as suggested by the “single story”?
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Conversely, what is motivating the re-opening of old cases now, prosecuting only SAP-SB men? |
In the Parts 2 & 3 you will also find an extensive tabulation plus eyewitness accounts of the violent acts that had marked the internal conflict, as evidence of what the SAP-SB had to contend with.
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Primarily, this Special eBOOK is for the descendants of those who had proudly served in this elite unit of top detectives. So that those children and grandchildren can see the logical arguments and evidence (beyond the “single story”), that puts their forebears and the SAP-SB in proper perspective.
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- Edith Wharton
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