Issued by: Truth And Reconciliation Commission
November 5, 1996
Two more retired senior Security police officers, Major-General Nick van Rensburg and Brigadier Willem Schoon, were today subpoenaed to appear before investigative inquiries of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. General van Rensburg, formerley of the Port Elizabeth branch has been subpoenaed to give evidence and/or answer questions relating to Commission investigations on November 20. Brigadier Schoon is required to appear on November 19.
The appearance of General Johan Coetzee, a former Commission of Police, has been rescheduled for November 18. He was summoned to an earlier inquiry but it was postponed so that he could write an exam.
All those subpoenaed are to appear in Cape Town and are entitled to appoint legal representatives. If they are not financially capable of doing so, the Commission may appoint a legal representative to assist them.
They will appear at investigative inquiries held in terms of Section 29 of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, which the law specifies must be held in camera.
Inquiries: John Allen 082-452-7859