Gideon Nieuwoudt was a former apartheid-era security policeman involved in the torture and murder of several anti-apartheid activists, including Steve Biko.
10 Facts About Gideon Nieuwoudt
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Gideon Nieuwoudt had up to five hearings at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in connection with the murders of numerous political activists.
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Gideon Nieuwoudt was implicated in the murder of the anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who was a leader in the Black Consciousness Movement.
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Gideon Nieuwoudt admitted to hitting Biko with a rubber hose, while he was being interrogated in a police office in Port Elizabeth.
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Gideon Nieuwoudt was denied amnesty by the TRC in 1999 for his role in the murder of Steve Biko.
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In 1992, Gideon Nieuwoudt was granted amnesty by the TRC for his role in the abduction, torture and murder of student anti-apartheid activists Siphiwe Mthimkhulu and Topsy Mdaka who were members of the Congress of South African Students, otherwise known as the "Cosas Two".
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Gideon Nieuwoudt was involved in burning and disposing of the bodies into the Fish River at Post Chalmers.
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Gideon Nieuwoudt, while serving his prison sentence underwent a religious conversion as a result of which he asked the Mthimkhulu family for forgiveness, for his involvement in Siphiwe's murder.
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Gideon Nieuwoudt confessed to having been involved in the abduction, beating and murder of the anti-apartheid activists Qaqawuli Godolozi, Champion Galela and Sipho Hashe in 1985, who belonged to the Port Elizabeth Civic Organisation, otherwise known as the Pebco Three.
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Gideon Nieuwoudt stated that the four police officers were killed because they had secretly joined the ANC.