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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Evidence tendered by family members of Patrick Mahlangu corroborated the version of the 7th applicant that he was only involved in the deep cover operation, and not in the abduction. operation and I agree with it especially with regard to the role fulfilled by myself. ... 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 ... 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 VAN WYK: There is a history since 1994 in respect of your co-operation with the police and the investigation that there was several non-disclosures, do you concede that? MR CORNELIUS: I put it to you that Mr van Heerden was a Constable two months stationed there and that he was an insignificant little figure against the other chief officials who were running the operation. On 23rd September 1991 he received instructions from his Regional Commander, one Mandla, to execute an operation to fund raise for APLA which was experiencing financial problems. Mandla informed him that he had identified Exmego Engineering Company at Lindsay Road, Korsten, Port Elizabeth as the ... MR BIZOS: Aren’t you really contrasting your attitude in relation to co-operation between what you were prepared to tell the SAP and what you were not prepared to tell these foreigners? 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 VISSER: Can you recall who accompanied you there and who participated in the operation? "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. MS COLERIDGE: And can you inform us, what was your first operation that Mr Slang van Zyl required you to do for him? MR VALLY: And as someone who was ultimately responsible for Operation Jotta under which RRL fell. MR VISSER: And do you agree that you waited a while away from the Oshoek border post, while Mr Strydom was informed about the operation and where you had received certain information? 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] MR RAUTENBACH: So it was about the whole issue of co-operation? 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. This "operation" took place after the first democratic elections had already occurred; MR BERGER: It's correct, is it not, Mr Mthembu, that not one of the attackers was hurt during this operation, am I right? ... put our hands together to work to bring our town together. I think lots is been done in the recent past, in the municipal elections where co-operation and working together has been become more and more real, ... |
