Thabo Mbeki denies secret meetings with apartheid-era generals
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Maverick
Before the Khampepe Commission on delays in prosecutions linked to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, former South African president Thabo Mbeki denied holding secret meetings with former apartheid generals. He said the officers had approached the ANC in 1996 about amnesty applications, during his testimony before the commission, Daily Maverick reports.
Thabo Mbeki denied holding secret meetings with apartheid-era generals during his hearing before the Khampepe Commission, which is investigating delays in prosecutions linked to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African president said his only meeting with the former military and police officials took place after they had approached the ANC, Daily Maverick reports.
Mbeki said the generals had asked in 1996 to meet the ANC committee responsible for amnesty applications. They said they would refuse to apply for amnesty themselves unless former president FW de Klerk and his cabinet did so as well. Mbeki’s hearing opened as the organisation AfriForum seeks permission to cross-examine him about apartheid crimes.
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