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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation ... the affidavit of Mr Khotle as well as his own affidavit which was at that time submitted to the State President for indemnity before the coming to operation of the said ... ... because if they were to repair it, he’d die and then. I then transferred him to Groote Schuur Hospital and there they performed the ninth operation on him and repaired the whole in his ... 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 ... MR KOOPEDI: Okay, now do you know if anyone was injured in this operation, injured or killed? ... Musi and them but listen then, make a plan, you know, show, you know, draw a sketch plan of their houses etc., you know, one doesn't embark on an operation like this without a sketch plan. Or it could be that Musi had said, look these are our plans, we've got a sketch plan. But the point is ... 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 RAUTENBACH: So it was about the whole issue of co-operation? This "operation" took place after the first democratic elections had already occurred; 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 VISSER: So what must be inferred from your evidence is that there was no danger whatsoever for any life or property involved in this operation for which you gave the authorisation? CHAIRPERSON: So to that extent you did not even contribute to the operation there, because you were not even allowed? MR HATTINGH: You knew that Mr de Kock was the commander of that unit, that it executed the operation? 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? We went to NU6 to do something called reconnaissance, to reconnoitre the place where this operation was going to take place. We came back. We went there again with another comrade called Bongani Dukwana, who was the main person who knew this policeman, because we did not know this policeman. 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 ... 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? ... one of them and slapped her on the face to compel her to keep quiet. he further states that he had a particular interest in the success of the operation because at the time hew was a member of C2 and was doing research on MK and APLA members' activities. They had photo albums of refugees as ... thus enabling this to be not some small hole in the corner operation but something which can be experienced by the entire nation. to Kenneth Mashalaba. Virginia Khatshwa was also present in the vehicle at the time and the applicants pointed a firearm at them to ensure their co-operation. The applicants promised not to damage the vehicle. Mashalaba and Khatshwa were dropped off between Alice and Fort Beaufort. This is the ... |