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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation The first applicant stood guard outside the bank. At first the operation worked according to how he had planned. But whilst the others were inside the police appeared and foiled the robbery. MR LAMEY: Because nobody mentioned Mr Willemse's name here actually and if Mr Willemse on the basis that he went along with you to visit Mr Radebe, then Mr Willemse would have known about the actual operation. MR PIGOU: Did you not find it strange Father Mkhatswa that you were engaged in such an operation? I mean I personally find it very peculiar that to find out something what is essentially very simple and straightforward whether someone is being held against their will or whether they are being ... MR LAX: Yes, I understand that being the motive of the operation, but I want you to turn to page, do you have the documents in front of you, page 3? Page 3 forms part of your amnesty application, dated the 25th of April 1997. The date is on the previous page, the page after that. MR BEESLAAR: I can only state that I was not inebriated because Col de Kock's instructions were that no liquor should be consumed before or during an operation. My share was remote but due to my minor share, I nonetheless respected the instructions of Mr de Kock and obeyed them as such. MR DU PLESSIS: And your viewpoints were also in this operation that you were under the overhead command of Col de Kock, is that correct? Mr Flores, you've prepared an application in terms of Section 18 of Act 34 of 1995, presented it to the TRC Committee in Cape Town and provided your full co-operation with the TRC Committee's Investigating Team, is that correct? I have studied the relevant parts of Col Coetzee’s Amnesty Application in so far as it deals with the execution of the operation and I accord therewith, specifically with regard to the role that was filled by myself. ... that about 76 heavily armed PAC cadres had come through that point. These cadres had also been "lost" and were at large in South Africa. The operation was to be carried out in such a manner that an impression would be created that it was a PAC attack on the Chands. DCC (Oosthuysen) was ... General Nienaber issued the order for the operation. Subsequent thereto and on instruction from Pretorius, Lengene, Moni and Monyani informed the members of the unit that directions had been received from the MK command abroad to attack identified targets. MR MEMANI: You see, Mr Khoja, Mr Ngo instructs me that the firearm which you issued, the 9mm firearm which you issued with eight bullets, was issued for him specifically because he was going to be involved in an operation which involved the shooting of the unknown security guard at Pahama. ... these pellets a wad is blown out at the same time. The wad in the cartridge keeps the pellets separate from the shot and allows for more efficient operation of the cartridge. As the pellets exit from the muzzle of the weapon so they start to spread and that spread can be used to give an ... During the night of 25/26 September 1986 Charles Sebe was freed from the Middledrift Prison in an operation conducted by a special unit. He was then taken to safe sanctity in Transkei. The 2nd Applicant confirmed the evidence of the 1st Applicant concerning the decision to kill Mr Kotelo and the formation of a unit to carry out the operation. school, what has happened in the high school. Are you already doing national service by imitation, and I am referring to the cadet corp that was in operation, has been part of the South African Defence Act since 1912. And I think thirdly your employers, because I want to get back to ... CHAIRPERSON: Okay. Let me ask you this then. In the operation in which Mr Els died, how did you fit into the structure then? The applicant then participated in the burning of three (3) shacks belonging to IFP members during this operation. ... de Kock for arms to be used by Craig Duli in an attempted coup d'état on the former Transkei. The Applicant did not participate in the actual operation. He supplied the arms to a fellow security policeman Willie Nortje, who presumably took it to Eugene de ... ... we can go back to the bank and get the money. I have already mentioned that we were not taking money just for fun, but we wanted to support our ... ... that all the money was handed over to Peter Mokoena who had issued the order for the robbery to take place. There were no casualties in the ... |
