Paul Erasmus

Paul Erasmus

Paul Erasmus was a South African security police officer who testified to the Goldstone Commission, [David Goodman [http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1999/05/goodman.html Reconciliation or Chaos?] "Mother Jones" May/June 1999] and later the Truth and Reconciliation Commission about police dirty tricks and violence during the apartheid era. [ [http://news.google.com/archivesearch/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=27-0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.newsbank.com%2Fg%2FGooglePM%2FWT%2Flib00179%2C0EB0F16433B409D3.html&ei=OMBdSIyDA57y6AHm_Iy-DA&usg=AFQjCNHHSA6vg3-S8K8ZGXZ_q3QuR5x2XA De Klerk linked to `dirty tricks' to sabotage ANC] "Washington Times" Jul 10, 1995] This testimony revealed the existence of a unit in the Security Police called STRATCOM that specialised in misinformation and propaganda against opponents of the regime. [ [http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pr/1997/pr0909c.html Press release by Paul Erasmus] "African National Congress", 09-09-97] Erasmus also testified on the police efforts to discredit Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by spreading false rumours about sexual affairs and drug use. [Suzanne Daley [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E4DE103AF93AA15752C1A961958260 Winnie Mandela Discredited Herself, Police Official Says] "New York Times" November 29, 1997] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/34148.stm Winnie Mandela defended by white former agents] "BBC News" 24 November, 1997]

Before joining STRATCOM, Erasmus had served in the counter-insurgency campaign in Namibia, as part of the Koevoet police unit. [David Goodman and Paul Weinberg (2002) [http://books.google.com/books?id=MylmEIlmQsgC&printsec=titlepage#PPA93,M1 Fault Lines: Journeys Into the New South Africa] "University of California Press" ISBN:0520232038 p93]

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External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/musicfeature/pip/sr7my/ Tuning Into the Enemy] - BBC Radio
* [http://www.justice.gov.za/trc/amntrans/2000/201127jb.htm Amnesty Hearing - Paul Erasmus] 27th November 2000, Truth and reconciliation commission
* [http://www.polity.org.za/polity/govdocs/proclamations/2002/proc26.html Proclamation by the President of the Republic of South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Committee on amnesty (Under section 20 of The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act 1995)] , Regulation Gazette, No. 7311 No. R. 26, 2002. Government Gazette, Vol. 441, No. 23257, 28 March 2002. Section "XIV Paul Erasmus (identity number 5602145141006), in respect of -"


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