TRC ROULETTE : ‘I just fed them’ — Jürgen Kögl, businessman who facilitated ‘secret’ post-TRC meetings
When former apartheid-era generals and the new ANC government met for secret talks about post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions between 1998 and 2004, it was Namibian-born businessman Jürgen Kögl who ‘hosted’ the opposing forces at his home in Johannesburg.
In the years following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in post-apartheid South Africa, a series of secret meetings were held between former apartheid-era generals and members of the new African National Congress (ANC) government. These discussions took place at the home of Namibian-born businessman Jürgen Kögl, who facilitated the negotiations despite claims that his involvement was free of any wrongdoing.
The meetings aimed to address the issue of post-TRC prosecutions for those who had committed human rights abuses but had not been granted amnesty. Kögl, a political fixer and consultant, testified before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry regarding his knowledge of these clandestine deliberations.
Written by urgent.news from Daily Maverick's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
