ANC-hit squads exist: whistleblower State witness Mandy Bakker and her children threatened if she revealed the truth:
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HER FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUP IS ON 'HANDS OFF MANDY' https://www.facebook.com/groups/256347844450452/
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De Wet Potgieter - The New Age --Aug 3 2011 -- "Security establishments have closed ranks and denied that two senior members of defence intelligence interrogated state witness Mandy Bakker about evidence she may have against Northern Cape MEC John Block.
Bakker, a mother of two, went into hiding after she blew the whistle on alleged high-level multimillion rand corruption.
She said that two senior officers identifying themselves as members of defence intelligence extensively interrogated her last year, while she was in hiding. Bakker briefly broke her cover last week to speak to The New Age, describing how she was living in fear after receiving death threats and how the two intelligence agents warned her to keep quiet and told her about the ANC’s “Icing Units” (hit squads).“They spent a total of six hours with me and the children, telling us we had better keep quiet about what we knew,” Bakker said.But this week Lt Romeo Mabote of the SANDF said: “The members mentioned are not members of the SA National Defence Force.”However, a colonel thought to be involved in the matter was tracked down and asked to comment. Initially, he agreed to meet Potgieter and 'give his side of the story', but later declined saying his bosses had warned him against doing so. Numerous requests to police for a response on a list of questions regarding Bakker’s police statements and the progress of the investigation – emailed to police headquarters more than a week ago – were still unanswered when The New Age went to press.A senior police officer said the situation with Bakker had become “a very sensitive issue”.
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BAKKER FEARS COVER-UP - DEMANDS FULL INVESTIGATION
Bakker, who spent some time in the Witness Protection Programme before leaving because she feared a cover up and wanted to go public, said: “I have demanded a full investigation for months now and I’m stating, once again, that I will not have this matter simply swept away.”
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LAID CHARGES AGAINST N.CAPE MEC FOR FINANCE JOHN BLOCK AND SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSMEN:
Her nightmare began two years ago when she says she was forced to go into hiding after she laid charges of fraud against John Block, provincial chairperson of the ANC and MEC for finance, economic affairs and tourism in the Northern Cape, and several local businessmen.
The charges involved a lucrative deal involving a multimillion rand development on municipal land in Kimberley involving Dubai-based financiers, Block and several local developers. Bakker said the charges related to the alleged fraudulent sale of land in the Sol Plaatje municipality, which she stumbled on while trying to put together the Dubai deal. When she realised that “something was wrong”, she went to the police and laid charges.
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TWO MEN FROM 'DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE' AND 'PRES ZUMA'S OFFICE' VISITED HER:
- She told how she was visited by two men, claiming to be from “defence intelligence”, and “President Zuma’s office”, after she laid the charges.
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"WE WILL COME AFTER YOU TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ANC AND WOULD NOT HESITATE TO KILL YOU...'
- Police in Kimberley had, she said, referred them to her. “They told me not to even consider making any of the information public knowledge and explained the existence of ‘icing units’ (hit squads).
"They told us that they would come after me to protect the integrity of the ANC and would not hesitate to kill me to guarantee that our story never gets told,” Bakker said.
When she laid charges, "police advised not to go ahead, as she would be putting herself in danger," she claimed.
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REPORT BY DEWET POTGIETER ON ANC-GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER THE NEW AGE:
http://thenewage.co.za/24651-1007-53-Whistleblower_scared
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