Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
8 May, 1997
The Officer Commanding of Western Province Command, General Christiaan Hendrik van Zyl, was served with a subpoena today by members of the Western Cape Investigative Unit of the TRC.
He was notified to appear at a closed Section 29 Inquiry on June 9 to answer and/or give evidence on allegations of gross human rights violations committed by members of the former South African Defence Force in Northern Namibia, between 1976 and 1978, which the then SADF. Some of these violations were allegedly attributed to SWAPO.
Genl Van Zyl was then Captain and stationed in Oshakati.
He is entitled to appoint legal representatives. If he is not financially capable of doing so, the Commission may appoint a legal representative to assist him.
For more information please call Christelle Terreblanche at 0824588461