Barbara Hogan: Neil Aggett was an exceptional person
Veteran African National Congress (ANC) politician Barbara Hogan has described the late anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett as someone who was committed to the health of dispossessed South Africans.
Hogan testified at the inquiry into Agget’s death in the High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Agget, who was a medical doctor, died in a holding cell in 1982 at the notorious John Vorster Square.
This comes after former apartheid security officer Joseph Nyampule wrapped up his testimony at the inquiry on Tuesday.
An apartheid-era inquiry concluded that Agget died as a result of suicide, despite doubts from his family.
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Hogan, who was also detained at the notorious prison for several years, told the inquiry that Aggett was an exceptional doctor and anti-apartheid activist.
“He was an independent thinker, Neil was, but both he and Dr Floyd were exceptional people in my view because both were doctors.
“Neil was in fact doing two things, he was doing trade union work and he was doing his medical work and he was committed to both of them.”