WORLD IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : General Accused of Ordering Killings
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A senior South African Defense Force officer accused the general now in charge of military intelligence of ordering the 1985 murder of a prominent anti-apartheid activist and three colleagues. In an affidavit submitted at the inquest into the deaths of Matthew Goniwe and three others, signals officer Col. Lourens du Plessis said a message he transmitted on behalf of Joffel van der Westhuizen was a clear call for the killings.
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