Apartheid cops tormented us after Aggett’s death, says his sister

Jill Burger has fought for nearly four decades to overrule a previous inquest court's finding that her brother, Dr Neil Aggett, committed suicide while in detention.

Image: Naledi Shange/TimesLIVE Jill Burger has fought for nearly four decades to overrule a previous inquest court's finding that her brother, Dr Neil Aggett, committed suicide while in detention.

As the grieving sister of trade unionist and apartheid activist Dr Neil Aggett took the stand of the High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday, it was revealed that, like other families of political prisoners, the colour of their skin did not spare them from the abuse and interrogation of the security branch police.

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