Patients tell of abductions

UPLIFT: SECTION 33 'COURT ORDERS' NEVER SHOWN

- Hein Kaiser

An “uplift” or intervention in Tetelestai terms was allegedly a part of the rehab centre’s involuntary admission process. This, after purported Section 33 court orders were obtained.

However, former patients and monitors (patients in charge of others) told The Citizen that opaque paperwork or none at all was present when admitting someone into Tetelestai.

The now defunct for men and women on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal Becoming a monitor was simple and you could become one as soon as a few days after admission to Tetelestai.

“The only requirement was to stop smoking, really, Donovan (de Klerk) hated smoking,” they said and added the system relied heavily on monitors.

One former patient, who remains anonymous for safety reasons, described what she called her forced uplift. She said she was uplifted by a team of monitors from Tetelestai.

“I was in my bedroom reading when there was a knock. Four people came into my home and told me I had to go with them because there was a court order.

“There was no police officer present. I asked why and they said they could not discuss it,” she said.

She said she then tried to flee but was caught and placed in a car. “I was terrified. I did not know where I was going.”