Overview
- Williamson concluded testimony in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha, denying involvement in planning or executing the 1985 murders of the Cradock Four.
- He dismissed Jaap van Jaarsveld’s TRC allegations as “absurd,” saying he would not have tasked a young, inexperienced officer with such an operation.
- Under questioning, he confirmed receiving TRC amnesty for three operations, including the 1982 bombing of the ANC’s London office and lethal letter‑bomb attacks on Ruth First and on Jeanette Schoon and her daughter.
- The Cradock Four—Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli—were arrested at a Security Branch roadblock on 27 June 1985 before being assaulted and killed.
- The inquest proceeds this week with former Security Branch figures Gerrit Erasmus and Izak “Krappies” Engelbrecht scheduled to testify as persons of interest.