Government-sponsored death squad during the apartheid era
For other uses, see CCB (disambiguation).
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The South African Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), was a government-sponsored death squad,[1][2] during the apartheid era. The CCB, operated under the authority of Defence Minister General Magnus Malan. The Truth and Reconciliation Committee pronounced the CCB guilty of numerous killings, and suspected more killings.[3][4][5][6]
^"Apartheid Killer to Be Paroled in South Africa". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
^Burns, John F.; Times, Special To the New York (6 March 1990). "Cape Town Death-Squad Inquiry Opens". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
^"Author unknown. (1998). A self-confessed apartheid era assassin told the Pretoria High Court yesterday that he did not apply for amnesty for his deeds, with one exception, because he believed his seniors, who gave him the orders, were the ones who should be punished. Business Day". Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2007.
^Peter Batchelor; Kees Kingma; Guy Lamb (2004), Demilitarisation and Peace-building in Southern Africa, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-7546-3315-2, retrieved 18 May 2008
^"Former Civil Co-operation Bureau agent Ferdi Barnard". Business Day. 1998. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2007.
^SAPA. (1999). Joubert authorises car bomb that killed Piet Ntuli.
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