Apartheid: Former South African President Thabo Mbeki denies obstructing justice

Thabo Mbeki denied on Monday that he had instructed prosecutors to drop cases related to apartheid-era crimes or made secret deals to shield former security agents from justice. He called allegations of secret meetings with generals to secure amnesty for them a fabrication. Mbeki acknowledged one meeting with generals from the South African National Defence Force and the South African Police, who raised a problem they were facing. His testimony comes amid renewed efforts to investigate crimes that went unpunished for decades; before he appeared, a human rights foundation and 25 families of victims and survivors demanded explanations and apologies.