{"id":39514,"date":"2025-10-23T06:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39514"},"modified":"2025-10-23T06:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:16:31","slug":"apartheid-police-officers-deny-any-involved-in-cradock-four-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/apartheid-police-officers-deny-any-involved-in-cradock-four-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartheid police officers deny any involved in Cradock Four murders &#8211; SABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>High-ranking officials in the apartheid police, Gerrit Erasmus and Izak \u201cKrappies\u201d Engelbrecht, have denied any involvement in the killing of Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus and Engelbrecht took the stand at the Gqeberha High Court in the Cradock Four inquest. They both joined the proceedings virtually on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission transcripts, Erasmus was the one Jaap Van Jaarsveld reported to after his observation mission on Goniwe in Cradock.<\/p>\n<p>In the same transcripts, Engelbrecht was accused of being a \u201csweeper\u201d covering up the crimes committed by the security police.<\/p>\n<p>Engelbrecht rejected allegations that he helped cover up the killings by destroying traffic fines that could link officers to the crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose people make these allegations; they\u2019ve just said that I am involved. They did not disclose the date, the time, or the places where it actually happened because they don\u2019t have it; it is thumb sucking information that they\u2019re giving. 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