This is the timeline of events explained in detail, as well as relevant evidence uploaded and linked in support of those events
Timeline
I visited South Africa through my uncle Dennis Nikolopoulos (RIP), who owned multiple clothing stores in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in order to explore the possibility of studying in electronics in South Africa. Dennis Nikolopoulos (RIP)
I enrolled for an electrical engineering course at the Durban University of Technology (then called Natal Technicon) and moved to the Berea Residence of the University. After completing the first semester I was forced to discontinue my studies as I needed to work because of financial pressures. By then I was…Read More
I started my own company called Technotronic Electronics, at 45 Cato Street, Durban. While I was looking at my photos again I remembered at the time that I was so broke, that I could not afford sign writing for my windows of my shop, so I visited a bookstore called…Read More
I expanded my business to Broad Street in Durban and started to trade in computer hardware as well as TVs and video machines.
I met a senior police officer, Johan Booysen, the commander of the Apartheid notorious police, Durban murder and robbery unit in KwaZulu-Natal, in my store. He arrived with Captain Willie Olivier in order to purchase a new computer for his (Booysen’s) family. More about Booysen and his unit of terror…Read More
After I became friends with Booysen, as a civilian I witnessed some of the members of police Murder and Robbery Unit torturing African suspects. Thanks to my friendship with the Booysen family, members of his Durban Murder and Robbery Unit trusted me enough to allow me to watch them interrogate…Read More
I had known Booysen and his family for two years, he had repeatedly expressed his desire to plan a tour in Europe together and that I accommodate him and his family in Greece. I had already upgraded my business to a larger premises in Smith Street and he suggested that…Read More
Johan Booysen personally drove me around to get my medical test and police clearance on 28th September 2000. My appointment certificate arrived and I was allocated to the Mayville police station in October 2000. Immediately and before I even visited the police station at Mayville, Booysen sent a letter to…Read More
After the Murder and Robbery Unit was renamed the Serious and Violent Crime Unit, Booysen had me registered at the detective service (TAB 810) of the Serious & Violent Crime Unit (TAB 811) and sent me to attend various training courses, including S.W.A.T and house penetrations’ techniques. There was an…Read More
On Friday the 12/10/2001 I had lunch with Booysen at News Cafe’ at Musgrave Centre in Durban. When I arrived, he took out a photo of an African suspect by the name of Jabulani and told me “If you see this bloody bastard put a bullet in his head.” He…Read More
At 0930 an armed robbery (video) took place at my new store at 480 Smith Street, Durban. I was held up at gunpoint and forced with my staff into a room in the back of the store. The robbers held us there and my own firearm was taken from me…Read More
A reporter from Daily News contacted me and asked me about the armed robbery at my store. I handed him a copy of the surveillance video as he was writing a story about the incident. The next day I received a call from Booysen. He was clearly upset, derailed, and…Read More
I started to investigate, various night clubs, involved in drug trafficking. To my surprise, a few of the club owners were South African Greeks, that I grew up with after my immigration to SA. After I reported my findings, I ended up being borrowed by Organised Crime’s Drug division and…Read More
My success as a reservist in dealing with crime was unprecedented. Through my IT investigations, via my computer business, I managed to arrest multiple criminals, recover stolen property, guns and vehicles worth millions and as a result of my dedication to fighting crime, I was promoted to R/sergeant. I obtained…Read More
Being under the protection of a unit with a notorious reputation had its advantages. As an example, we were able to get out of frequent speeding fines with the intervention of Booysen. People and organizations respected and feared us. We were enjoying VIP treatment in nightclubs, casinos, and discount or…Read More
By 2004 I had spent 3 years with the unit and was frequently investigating, through my computer business, stolen IT equipment that arrived for servicing at my store. This was a standard practice as I developed various techniques in order to recover stolen IT equipment and link them to criminal…Read More
After reporting the torture of the African suspect to my commanding officer, Director Booysen, I started to distance myself from Cato Manor operations. I concentrated on what I was doing best, investigating IT stolen equipment through my computer store. On December 2005, I managed to crack one of my biggest…Read More
In 2006, I was collected by members of the unit from my store, and we drove around West Street in downtown Durban in a silver BMW unmarked police vehicle. The members’ names were Paul “Mossie” Mostert, Willie Olivier and Eugene van Tonder (we used to call him via his Afrikaans…Read More
On 4/06/2006 Director Johan Booysen visited me at my home. He was drinking heavily that day and a call came through involving a multiple victims shooting, in close proximity to my home. I was asked by Booysen to accompany him to the crime scene with his own car, which I…Read More
On April 9th, 2007 around 19:00 I had returned from celebrating my Greek Orthodox Easter and was joined by some Greek friends as well as Director Booysen and his girlfriend Adele Sonnekus (also a police captain in his office), as well as a civilian friend of mine, Arthur Georgiadis. While at…Read More
On the 22nd of August 2008 at around 13h00, I received an HP notebook with TAG number: cnd6500jhy, for repair. The notebook was state of the art, and I identified the tag as a State issued laptop. Within the hard drive I discovered information that it belonged to the deputy minister…Read More
In late September 2008, I was no longer a shareholder of my business, the store was closing for renovations over a long holiday and in complete secrecy a close friend of mine drove me to Johannesburg with my wife. He used his credit card to buy us one-way tickets to…Read More
A few months later after I had settled into my new country of residence, I was willing to put it all behind me, but my heart was always in South Africa and the people I had left behind, and I wished for justice for the families of those who had…Read More
In August 2010 coming back from a summer holiday, Shelley Ann felt sick and we first thought that she had food poisoning. After she was admitted to the hospital for tests, we were told that she was expecting our first child. Suddenly I was overwhelmed with an overjoy of emotions…Read More
On June 5th, 2011, Booysen suddenly reached out to me with friendly emails. The first such email was titled “The SWAT Team” with an attachment of a photo of some members of the unit, including myself and Booysen, dated 2-4/5/2001, at a qualifying SWAT team training session. I found it alarming…Read More
An introduction exchange took place with the Sunday Times. However, prior to that, I had also received some emails from another newspaper journalist by the name of Yogas Nair from Daily News asking me to provide exclusive information about the Cato manor case. (20/02/2012) After consideration and knowing from past…Read More
The second fake news campaign was run by a magazine called NoseWeek. Noseweek was tasked by Booysen to discredit the Sunday Times reporting on the Cato Manor unit, including all whistleblowers and witnesses that come forward to speak up about what they had witnessed. As always, I was never given a right of reply or…Read More
Next Booysen went to court to have Jiba’s racketeering authorisations set aside. In March 2014 Judge Gorven ordered that the racketeering charges must be withdrawn because the documents Jiba said she relied on, including my unsigned and unsworn statement, did not provide a rational basis for her decision to issue…Read More
International Media Network Aljazeera, made a documentary regarding the Cato Manor units atrocities committed, titled “Echoes of Apartheid”. I was interviewed by an investigative reporter and my evidence presented to them. Amnesty International appointed Advocate Julian Knight to legally represent my interests and advise me, so he tried to get further…Read More
In 2016 I received a special recognition for blowing the whistle on human right violations from Blueprint for Free Speech. Here Is the award listed : Special recognition Whistleblower Aris Danikas At the same time, Johan Booysen, desperate to escape prosecution and in order to gain public support as well…Read More
The Mokgoro inquiry: In 2018, a national inquiry headed by Judge Mokgoro was appointed to deal with the fitness of certain senior state prosecutors to hold office. Under the rules of engagement (Rule 20 and 34 are relevant), the commission, in its own rules, committed to upholding principles of fairness and…Read More
After legal consultation, my attorney sent a letter, dated 11 April 2019, to the Zondo commission, advising them that if I was to be mentioned within the commission of inquiry, I had the right to make a submission and cross-examine its witnesses who mentioned me. Once more, General Booysen was…Read More
A report surfaced in 2020, named the De Kock report, falsely stating that I had refused to sign my MLA translated statement issued in 2018 and as a result, my signature was superimposed onto my translation.This is false as my statement was signed in the presence of a Greek magistrate, as the law…Read More
2021 was a promising and demanding year. After Daily Maverick was forced to apologise to me and provide me with a right to reply of nearly 1500 words, there were two main developments : As a whistleblower that has suffered character assassination via fake news media in South Africa, I…Read More
The Zondo Commission’s final report General Booysen, “hijacked” the Zondo commission just like he did with the Mokgoro Inquiry and once again performed one of his many “publicity stunts ” His aim was to convince the Commission of the same false narrative he tried to advance in his book – i.e.…Read More
2022 was a very interesting year for my advocacy work on whistleblowers in South Africa. I was invited to a few interviews ( Chai fm, The View Point ) regarding exploring suitable whistleblower policies and protection mechanisms in South Africa. Furthermore I was working closely with fellow whistleblowers turned…Read More
During Apartheid, security forces in South Africa were notorious for their torture methods used against Africans. “The horror of torture was embedded in South Africa’s history, and its past bore memories of widespread and institutionalized torture, which for the apartheid security forces had been a matter of routine.” Here are…Read More
Recently I came across an investigative report, conducted by a South African human rights NGO, named Open Secrets. To my surprise, my name was referenced within the report without consulting with me first, and as a result, errors and misrepresentations were made. Once again, I was never contacted for comments,…Read More
The Murder of Whistleblower Babita Deokaran
The Murder of Whistleblower Babita Deokaran – Videos – sovren.media
“Deconstructing Narcissist & Racist Behavior in South Africa: The Agrizzi and Booysen chapter.” “It is important to note that racism is a serious issue that can have a negative impact on individuals and society as a whole. Narcissistic racism is a type of narcissism where racism is an indicator of…Read More
After 18 years of suppression, exile, and character assassination, I was publicly vindicated at the Nkabinde Commission of Inquiry. Evidence I had disclosed prior to 2008—including recorded admissions by Major-General Johan Booysen of violent acts against civilians—was introduced in public hearings for the first time, exposing systemic failures within the…Read More
On March the 9th and 10th, I testified under oath from the South African Embassy in Greece. Following my two days of testimony, together with that of other witnesses, the implicated officials fled and refused to testify before the inquiry. Booysen was the last to run away and withdrew from…Read More