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Operation Zero Zero

Explanation
Eight young activists were killed and at least seven were injured in explosions involving booby-trapped hand grenades in Duduza, KwaThema and Tsakane, Tvl, on 26 June 1985. The zero-timed grenades had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative. The operation, codenamed 'Zero Zero', had been authorised by the Minister of Law and Order. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation.

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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.
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.
ADV SANDI: Whilst you were being trained in the Transkei as a member of APLA were you told anything about the Beauty Salon operation as one of the strategies of APLA?
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
MR HUGO: Did you get any financial benefit in this operation?
MR CORNELIUS: Did you or any of the other members consume liquor before the operation was launched?
... I was not there", I had to be reminded yesterday that Mr Molefi - that is contrary to the source that you claim that you had, came to Kimberly for Operation Barcelona because he had to mediate between that problem, between COSAS and the Youth League - nothing about the grenade. And then I said ...
... it affected my life totally. I'm at this stage, you can say I'm, I can't do what I could do before this incident. You know I've only got the full operation of one of my legs, my one foot is totally unfunctional, you know so it's totally changed my whole life and same with my in-laws as well you ...
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 dropped the IFP Chairlady and we discussed that we should indeed have this operation. We returned home, the three of us. As we were at Nklasagazi before we crossed the bridge, people from Montabela should know this area, we met some women who were standing along the road.
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.
that if we undertook the practise run during the day, it would become general knowledge, we wanted to keep it a secret because of the situation. The operation was to take place at night and it would be incorrect for them to practise during the day for something which they were going to do at ...
MR MBANDAZAYO: Now there was a mention that you were five in this operation, this incident.
... was not relieved for greasing, it was just an ordinary activity, he did not have a lot or property as it is mentioned. Secondly with regard to co-operation with the people, the reason why he competed with people is because the youth went to tell him he could not allow that to happen, because he ...
MR LAMEY: I may be wrong but my recollection of Mr Coetzee's evidence is indeed that the black members were not present during the whole, or were not aware of this turning action during this whole operation, if I understand his evidence correctly.
CHAIRPERSON: So to that extent you did not even contribute to the operation there, because you were not even allowed?
... to identify him. He said that he had no option but to kill her in order to prevent the exposure of the whole incident as being a security police ...
MR KOOPEDI: Okay, now do you know if anyone was injured in this operation, injured or killed?
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