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Afrikaner police officers LtCol Stoney Steenbergen, capt Nico van Zijl, w/o Rias Cilliers, Arnold Meyburgh, Albie Hills, serg Cobus Meyer and the estate of the late ex-commando leader in Frankfort, Johann de Beer, all will get compensated for the illegal arrests and incarceration at Frankfort police station after deliberately untruthful accusations that they had murdered Mr Pikanini Mzolo, 60, who was jailed on 27 March 2002 and died in 2003. Judge Peter Fischer ruled that the highly-publicised mass-arrest of the white police officers was illegal. He issued a court order to the Police Minister to pay the legal costs which run into R2million -- besides paying compensation with interest backdated to the date of their arrests, to the police officers. Steenbergen, Cilliers and de Beer were held in very 'precarious' circumstances (during which they were horribly abused) and the court ordered that they be paid R120,000 compensation each; Hills and Meyer R160,000 each; Meyburg R180 000 and Van Zyl R90,000. Judge Fischer also ordered the Police Minister to pay interest over those amounts backtracked to the date of their arrests at an annual interest rate of 15,5%. All these Afrikaner policemen were found not guilty of any responsibility in Mzolo's death. The charge of murder against Van Zyl was withdrawn before the case was even brought before the court. Meanwhile, all the Afrikaner police officers also lost their jobs. And under the ANC anti-white blackeconomic-empowerment laws, whites suffer great deprivation and poverty because they are being denied access to the labour market because of their skin-colour.It's also a fact that the Police Ministry often ignores court orders to pay compensation, forcing victims to wait for years before they can finally expect payouts - if ever. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Polisielede-vergoed-na-onwettige-opsluiting-20110722