Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.

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South African History Online. (2012, July 6). Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752

South African History Online (2012) 'Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.', South African History Online, 6 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).

South African History Online, Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752, (accessed 24 September 2026).

"Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.." South African History Online, 6 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.." South African History Online. July 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752.