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A-Team (OFS)Explanation MR RAUTENBACH: You testified, and I'll use your statement, you indicated - I'm just looking for the correct paragraph, you refer to the team spirit between the government and the security branch and the so-called blind loyalty between the security branch and the government. As far as that is ... MR MPSHE: In my bundle Mr Chairman, members of the Committee, given to us by George Bizos' team and they have it ...(intervention) MS LOONAT: Did Const Ndaba work with you in your team, or where does he fit into the picture? MR VAN ECK: He stated that at that stage you were the Captain of the first team. MR BOOYENS: Now, then Mr - let's get back to the operation itself, at page 136, the second paragraph, you said, refer there to the fact that Col de Kock suggested a team to you? MR BIZOS: Now, were you a member of the investigation team in relation to the murder of Mr Hani in a full-time capacity, or had you been called in merely for the purposes of obtaining a statement from Mrs Derby-Lewis? GEN SHOKE: I think as soldiers or as guerillas we worked as a team. We attacked the police station. MR RAMAWELE: I am sorry, Madam Chair, I will come straight to that. Mr Nofomela, in your written application which is before the Committee, you say that you participated in a team which comprised of Maj de Kock, Lt van Dyk, Aubrey Mngadi, Warrant Officer Koole and one Christopher Mogobo. Today ... MR LOOTS: Chairperson, a large quantity of documents was brought back by each team, sealed in plastic bags and this was transported by helicopter. I travelled by helicopter as well to Pretoria, where these documents were photostatted amongst others and the originals remained in our possession. It ... DR RANDERA: General, just one last question, and this, it relates to this issue of the only person who had knowledge of what was going on within the front companies was Dr Basson. Now during this hearing we've had very eminent scientists coming and speaking, the very people who were actually - Dr ... MR NOOSI: Then I think we are talking - I mean there are two incidents that you are talking about. I'm talking about that particular one, I don't know about that one but I mentioned to you that I was part of the interrogation team and I could have participated in interrogation sessions in the ... As his second in command, he chose Major Craig Williamson, a natural choice, because of his experience and background. Members of the Task Team ... MR POLLOCK: No, they used to call us the A Team. In other areas it would seem that we do, we are on the equal footing with the Truth Commission, because we have already passed that stage. Many people do know how to make statements and where and others have already had their statements taken, but the thing that I would really like to raise here, ... After four and a half months I returned to my station, Springs, where I was in control of a unit aimed at the arrest of Black people who had committed passbook contraventions. My team and I, consisting of about 14 Black police officers, regularly performed raids. (Inaudible) contraventions. ... MS CATHY P MAKHENE: Mr Chairman of the TRC, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the team and the house, we thank you for this opportunity granted us. We really are grateful to the Lord for having given us this chance. As women to come and present to this aghast team how we feel about the situation ... MR BOOYENS: And on that day, were other members of your team also in the field? During my career as a member of the Security Branch, it was expected of every member consistently, to be irrevocably loyal to the South African Police. There was a team spirit among the members of the Security Branch and reciprocal trust was established, which is some cases would have led to ... MR LAMEY: Just to return to the bundle which has been placed before you, initially you submitted an amnesty application, you completed the prescribed form yourself, that is from page 30 to 38 and in that initial amnesty application you provided summaries regarding various incidents in which you as ... MR PRIOR: We understand from the documentation provided to us and the evidence that was tendered, that there was a bus belonging to the South West African schoolboy team that had played or had visited the stadium on that occasion which had been parked very close to where the bomb had exploded. ... |
