Request for all and any records relating to Joseph Mdluli who died on 19th March 1976 in detention in the Durban Security Branch Headquarters.

Request for all and any records relating to Joseph Mdluli who died on 19th March 1976 in detention in the Durban Security Branch Headquarters. He was alleged to have died due to a neck injury after falling against a chair. Four security policemen were charged with culpable homicide, namely Mr Frederick Van Zyl, Colonel ARC Taylor, Mr Mandlakayise Patrick Makhanya and Mr Zabulon Ngobese. In their trial they claimed that Mdluli had tried to escape and had fallen over a chair. A pathologist presented evidence disputing the police version. There have been concerns and doubts about the alleged cause of his death. Please be sure to include the following:

I. Copy of the pathologist report evidencing discrepancy in police report;
II. Records of any inquest hearings related to the death of Joseph Mdluli;
III. Copies of documents evidencing witness testimony during inquest relating to Joseph Mdluli;
IV. Any and all other documents that are related to or document the treatment and death of Joseph Mdluli.

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