For nearly two decades, a nondescript farm outside Pretoria was the epicenter of South Africa’s most covert and brutal campaign of state-sponsored terror. Known as Vlakplaas, it served as headquarters for a police death squad targeting anti-Apartheid activists. Under the leadership of Colonel Dirk Coetzee and later Eugene de Kock – dubbed “Prime Evil” – Vlakplaas was responsible for countless abductions, torture, and murders masked by secrecy and political protection.



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Resources

YouTube

Know more about Vlakplaas where Prime Evil operated

The gruesome truth behind Vlakplaas and Eugene de Kock

Web

TRC – Final Report – Volume 2

State v Wouter Basson

Wikipedia

Foundation for Human Rights - Nokuthula Simelane 

Lothar Neethling

Articles

The odd couple: why an Apartheid activist joined forces with a murderer

Vlakplaas and the history of Apartheid’s Death Squad

Olof Palme assassination: The South African connection



Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe

Narrated by Noel Vinson

Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler

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This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.