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D7.3.6.1 :: Department of Justice security file on Ernest Moabi Dipale

Call Number: D7.3.6.1
Identifier: AL3282_D7.3.6.1
Title: Department of Justice security file on Ernest Moabi Dipale
Date: 09 November 1981
Subject: Death in detention; Department of Justice; Ernest Moabi Dipale; John Vorster Square - JVS; Sunday Times Heritage Project - STHP; Torture
Description: This is the front cover of the Department of Justice security file on Ernest Moabi Dipale, dated 9 November 1981. Dipale was found dead in his cell at John Vorster Square on 8 July 1982 - five months after the death of Neil Aggett. Only 21 at the time of his death, Dipale had been subjected to severe assault and torture, including the use of electric shocks. This front cover is included in "Between Life and Death: Stories from John Vorster Square" - a DVD produced as part of this project. Included in SAHA online exhibition - 'Between Life and Death: Stories from John Vorster Square', 2012.
Creator: Department of Justice
Type: Document
Format: Access copy - jpg
Source: SAHA collection AL3282
Language: English; Afrikaans
Coverage: Johannesburg, South Africa
Rights: Department of Justice