Issued by: The Ministry for Intelligence Services
The Ministry for Intelligence Services would like to extend its heartfelt condolences to the family of Bennie Lategan, the police detective on the Pagad Task Team who was brutally murdered last night.
We would also like to extend our condolences to all members of his unit, dedicated to eradicating the urban terrorism that plagues the Western Cape, and trust that they will leave no stone unturned in finding his killers.
We would like to ssue a very stern warning to those elements bent on rendering the Western Cape ungovernable. Their action serves no cause as South Africans are united in their opposition to instability and violence. The majority of our people have fought for decades to establish peace and democracy, and will not countenance it being disrupted.
I have instructed our intelligence operatives to assist the SAPS in every manner possible in bringing the perpetrators of this callous and dastardly deed to book. In light of the growing close relationship between the SAPS and the intelligence community and the resulting successes. I have no doubt that this will be achieved in good time.
ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR INTELLIGENCE SERVICES,
15 JANUARY 1999