An apartheid era mass killer tells his story- what can South Africa learn from the past?
Louis van Schoor was an ex-police officer turned security guard who terrorised and killed at least 39 people in the South African city of East London in the late 1980鈥檚
鈥楾he Apartheid Killer鈥� is the latest investigation from the 麻豆约拍 Africa Eye team. Filmed over four years, it tells the story of Louis van Schoor, an ex-police officer turned security guard who in the late 1980's terrorised and killed at least 39 people in the South African city of East London. All of his victims were black and the youngest was just 12 years old.
He was finally arrested in 1991. But was released from prison after just over a decade in jail.
More than 30 of Louis van Schoor鈥檚 killings are still categorised as 鈥榡ustifiable homicides鈥� by police today. In his version of events, he鈥檇 caught the people he killed breaking into the white-owned businesses he was employed to protect and says he acted 鈥渨ithin the law.鈥�
In today鈥檚 episode, Mpho Lakaje speaks to Marlene Mvumbi, the sister of a man murdered by van Schoor and the co-director of 鈥楾he Apartheid Killer鈥� freelance filmmaker and journalist Isa Jacobson.
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