De Kock says ex-prosecutor Ackerman shielded generals and politicians
Convicted apartheid-era police colonel Eugene de Kock told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases inquiry on Monday that Anton Ackerman was removed because he posed a threat to the system. De Kock also called for FW de Klerk's Nobel Prize to be revoked.
De Kock, a former Vlakplaas commander, claimed that the people who organised and facilitated the murder sat next to Ackerman during De Kock's court case. Ackerman is a former prosecutor.
De Kock said other senior figures should have faced criminal charges over apartheid atrocities. He said he would have testified against them.
He said De Klerk's Nobel Prize must be retracted because De Klerk is "up to his elbows in the blood of children". On pardons, De Kock said: "Everything is just covered up."
Key facts
- Who
- Eugene de Kock (Former Vlakplaas commander and convicted apartheid-era police colonel…); Anton Ackerman (Former prosecutor); FW de Klerk (Former president, subject of De Kock's call for his Nobel Prize to be revoked); Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Commission whose cases inquiry De Kock testified at)
- What
- Eugene de Kock, a convicted apartheid-era police colonel, told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases inquiry that Anton Ackerman shielded senior generals and politicians and that he was removed because he posed a threat to the system. He also called for FW de Klerk's Nobel Prize to be revoked.
- When
- 26 October 2026
- Status
- Reported