{
  "id": 10525994,
  "title": "TRC ROULETTE : ‘I just fed them’ — Jürgen Kögl, businessman who facilitated ‘secret’ post-TRC meetings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/trc-roulette-i-just-fed-them-jurgen-kogl-businessman-who-facilitated",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-28T20:32:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-28-i-just-fed-them-jurgen-kogl-businessman-who-facilitated-secret-post-trc-meetings/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}