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B01.5.75.03.04 :: Section 29 inquiry transcript for Mr Booi

Call Number: B01.5.75.03.04
Identifier: AL2878_B01.5.75.03.04
Title: Section 29 inquiry transcript for Mr Booi
Date: 04 April 1998
Subject: Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Section 29; Investigative inquiry; Human rights violations committee; Police; Security branch; Askaris;
Description: This is a transcript of the TRC Section 29 in-camera inquiry of Mr Booi, held in East London on 6 April 1998. Mr Booi was a colonel in the Transkei Police force who retired in 1994. He worked in the security branch from 1969 to 1990 where he investigated banned organizations like the ANC and PAC. This transcript investigates Mr Booi’s knowledge of the operations of the Transkei Security police and their relationship with the South African police; as well the operations of askaris in Transkei. The record is in English however Mr Booi’s responses have been translated from Xhosa This record was released by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in response to Access to Information Act (PAIA) request SAH-2013-DOJ-0003. The first release of this record on 2015/01/12 had redactions on: p.53-54; p.59. The subsequent release on 2015/12/17 by DOJ was a clean copy. This record is EMBARGOED due to the DOJ redaction's and will be made available once that had been cleared.
Contributor: Truth and reconciliation commission, Reverend Shingwe, Jogard Makwagesa, Zuko Kamako
Creator: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development; Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Type: Transcript
Format: Access copy: pdf
Preservation copy: tiff
Source: SAH-2013-DOJ-0003; AR15/022
Language: English
Coverage: East London, South Africa
Rights: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development