Gen. Magnus Malan appears in court

Date: 11 Mar 1996
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The trial of Gen. Magnus Malan former defence minister, and nineteen co-accused started in the Durban Supreme Court. They pleaded not guilty to thirteen charges of murder and other charges, including conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. The charges related to a massacre of thirteen people in KwaMakhuta township south of Durban in 1987. All the accused were acquitted in October 1996. Justice Hugo dismissed all charges, saying the prosecution's case was fundamentally flawed.

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