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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation ... the South African Government had been funding Inkatha and specifically UWUSA, the Zulu trade union, to the tune of R500 000. This was a top secret operation instituted, planned from the top in the post-release of Nelson Mandela, and this whole pack of cards was crumbling ... MR S J VISSER: That is not correct, Chairperson, this was money which was used by the Security Branch in order to pay him for his continued co-operation with the Security Branch. CHAIRPERSON: Mr Nel after the operation who did you have to report to? MR BERGER: It's correct, is it not, Mr Mthembu, that not one of the attackers was hurt during this operation, am I right? ... light was switched off. I stayed for an hour after that and I was sure that even if there could be anything around, I will be able to carry out my operation quite successfully and I threw in the hand grenade and I disappeared in the dark of the ... CHAIRPERSON: So to that extent you did not even contribute to the operation there, because you were not even allowed? MR MBANDAZAYO: Now there was a mention that you were five in this operation, this incident. ANSWER:: It was, we did it in the open. After we had taken firearms from the ANC members we would go to the single quarters at the barracks and we operated freely, people would come to my room freely so it was a general operation amongst us. MR PLAATJIES: We were arming ourselves because for the operation SAP or security branch police and National Party, the white dominium oppressed us, harassed us, that's how we got involved because we were sick and tired ...[intervention] This "operation" took place after the first democratic elections had already occurred; MR RAUTENBACH: So it was about the whole issue of co-operation? MR RAMMUSI: I actually delegated. If I had an operation, I had members of the units who are given different responsibilities. The first is with regard to the interception of postal items, that the impression has been created at the very least that there was a very effective operation on the way to intercept all postal items? to meet up with some of his former colleagues. That might lead to him observing their relationship with the Security Police and secure his future co-operation. He called on the 1st Applicant and instructed him to take the matter further. He did not personally speak to Knowles, but assumed that ... MR NEL: Paragraph 14, Mr Hanton, you deal with the incident in question, where you received instructions from Col de Kock regarding what you had to do, and you say there that you believed that the authority to take part in the operation, emanated from higher authority. MR VALLY: And as someone who was ultimately responsible for Operation Jotta under which RRL fell. ... in our office. Van Jaarsveld was present in the bus while we were waiting for Mamasela to lure this security guard to the bus. This whole operation and the interrogation in the Warmbad environment was under instruction of Van Jaarsveld and also he participated in the assault and he was ... MR PAPIER: Now, is it correct that you participated in the operation at the Bontheuwel Rent Office on the 28th of September 1988, as described by Sidney? MR MAHLAKAONE: The question of Ntengweni Police Station was that during my operation in this province I got the information that Ntengweni Police Station was used as one of the police stations which are used by the askaris to hide or to put their weapons in the area because that is part and parcel ... MR HATTINGH: You knew that Mr de Kock was the commander of that unit, that it executed the operation? |
