Chikane to be cross examined at TRC Cases Inquiry
Frank Chikane will be questioned on aspects related to the 1989 attempt to poison him.
Reverend Frank Chikane, the former Presidency Director-General and anti-apartheid activist, will be subject to cross-examination by the Calata Group during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry. The group, representing 25 families of apartheid-era victims, will probe Chikane regarding the 1989 poisoning attempt aimed at him.
The accused perpetrators, including former Police Minister Adrian Vlok, former Commissioner Johann van der Merwe, Major General Christoff Smith, Colonel Gert Otto, and Johannes "Mannie" van Staden, received lenient sentences after settling with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in a plea and sentencing arrangement.
The inquiry will delve into Chikane's stance on prosecuting his potential assailants by the NPA, particularly around October 2007. At that time, National Director of Public Prosecution (NDPP) Vusi Pikoli attributed the decision to apprehend the high-profile perpetrators to then Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla's directive to resign and ultimately be fired.
Chikane's decision not to oppose the perpetrators' applications for presidential pardons in 2012 and his grievances about the NPA's management of the plea and sentencing agreement will also be under scrutiny.
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