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Two
apartheid security policemen will testify before the Hefer
Commission next week, commission secretary John Bacon said
yesterday.
Bernie Ley and Gideon Nieuwoudt earlier allegedly confirmed in
anonymous television interviews the spy allegations against
national director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka.
They alleged in a e-tv programme that a travel restriction on
Ngcuka's passport was lifted during the eighties at the request of
intelligence officials.
Both were later identified in testimony before Judge Joos Hefer.
Nieuwoudt's credibility was questioned repeatedly during
cross-examination before the commission.
Mo Shaik - primary source of the allegation that Ngcuka was
probably an apartheid agent - eventually admitted that he had paid
Nieuwoudt around R40 000.
Shaik maintained that this was merely to cover Nieuwoudt's travel
and accommodation costs, as well as expected legal fees.
Evidence before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission revealed
that Nieuwoudt was one of the country's most notorious apartheid
police officers.
The TRC denied him amnesty.
Ngcuka's National Prosecuting Authority recently confirmed that it
was investigating his participation in the apartheid-era murder of
the Pebco Three activists.
Shaik had been using allegations that the apartheid government
failed to impose travel restrictions on Ngcuka as one of the
pillars of his accusations against the chief prosecutor.
He argued this caused reasonable suspicion that he acted as a
government agent.
Bacon also said yesterday that Ngcuka would take the stand before
Hefer on Wednesday.
Ley would testify on Monday and Nieuwoudt on Tuesday. – Sapa.
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